Ricardo Almeida-Magaña
@ricardouromd.bsky.social
Urologist, Research Fellow at UCL/QMUL🇬🇧
Prostate cancer research, tennis, cats, books and geeky stuff 🇲🇽/🇪🇸 he/him
Prostate cancer research, tennis, cats, books and geeky stuff 🇲🇽/🇪🇸 he/him
All countries!
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
All countries!
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Could faster MRI scans allow more men to receive timely #ProstateCancer diagnoses?
Research published in @jama.com led by @veerukasi.bsky.social, Dr Alex Ng & Dr Aqua Asif at @ucl.ac.uk compares the efficacy of shortened versus standard-length scans.
Grab a ☕ & read: doi.org/10.1001/jama...
Research published in @jama.com led by @veerukasi.bsky.social, Dr Alex Ng & Dr Aqua Asif at @ucl.ac.uk compares the efficacy of shortened versus standard-length scans.
Grab a ☕ & read: doi.org/10.1001/jama...
September 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Could faster MRI scans allow more men to receive timely #ProstateCancer diagnoses?
Research published in @jama.com led by @veerukasi.bsky.social, Dr Alex Ng & Dr Aqua Asif at @ucl.ac.uk compares the efficacy of shortened versus standard-length scans.
Grab a ☕ & read: doi.org/10.1001/jama...
Research published in @jama.com led by @veerukasi.bsky.social, Dr Alex Ng & Dr Aqua Asif at @ucl.ac.uk compares the efficacy of shortened versus standard-length scans.
Grab a ☕ & read: doi.org/10.1001/jama...
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We had a blast at the Fungi Festival debuting our new Fungi Workshop + Foraging Game! 🍄🌧 Big thanks to everyone who joined us in the rain + mud, and congrats to our game winners! We've also teamed up with the Great Science Share to create 3 fab fungi resources - check them out here: buff.ly/bK2LCnZ
September 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We had a blast at the Fungi Festival debuting our new Fungi Workshop + Foraging Game! 🍄🌧 Big thanks to everyone who joined us in the rain + mud, and congrats to our game winners! We've also teamed up with the Great Science Share to create 3 fab fungi resources - check them out here: buff.ly/bK2LCnZ
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Current "informed consent" policies on PSA-screening lead to higher incidence of metastatic prostate cancer in socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
June 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Current "informed consent" policies on PSA-screening lead to higher incidence of metastatic prostate cancer in socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11
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“If you want to see the ocean, you have to cut the land”. 📊
(So glad to find a cartography post in the hot feed)
(So glad to find a cartography post in the hot feed)
I'm genuinely SO excited about the new ocean map that will be at the heart of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich when this hall reopens on June 7th. It's an unusual ocean-focussed map with so much detail, and it's just brilliant. 🌊🌊 Here's a sneak peak.
www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocea...
www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocea...
May 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“If you want to see the ocean, you have to cut the land”. 📊
(So glad to find a cartography post in the hot feed)
(So glad to find a cartography post in the hot feed)
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A long time ago in a manuscript far, far away....
Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.
Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.
May 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A long time ago in a manuscript far, far away....
Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.
Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.
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Prostate cancer, race and the need for tests | Letters
Prostate cancer, race and the need for tests | Letters
Letter: Suks Minhas and Ben Challacombe say it is important to acknowledge health inequalities faced by Black men and ethnic minorities in the UK
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Prostate cancer, race and the need for tests | Letters
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GU Cast celebrates these two excellent clinical trials run in the NHS supported by @nihr.bsky.social #TRANSLATE #NEUROSAFE MEDIA both presented in plenary #EAU25, both published @thelancetoncol.bsky.social 😀👏
April 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
GU Cast celebrates these two excellent clinical trials run in the NHS supported by @nihr.bsky.social #TRANSLATE #NEUROSAFE MEDIA both presented in plenary #EAU25, both published @thelancetoncol.bsky.social 😀👏
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New Research: A phase 3 trial assessing NeuroSAFE-guided robot-assisted radical prostatectomy vs standard robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in #prostatecancer for nerve-sparing surgery and erectile function recovery
bit.ly/4iBzF7C
bit.ly/4iBzF7C
March 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
New Research: A phase 3 trial assessing NeuroSAFE-guided robot-assisted radical prostatectomy vs standard robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in #prostatecancer for nerve-sparing surgery and erectile function recovery
bit.ly/4iBzF7C
bit.ly/4iBzF7C
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Happy #TolkienReadingDay to all who celebrate! Please enjoy this map of Middle Earth, annotated by the man himself and including several locations not mentioned in the books:
![Pictured is an annotated version of a fold-out map which was included in early editions of the Lord of The Rings. The map shows readers Tolkien’s fantasy world ‘Middle-earth’.
The annotations are by Tolkien himself, and were for the benefit of Pauline Baynes, an artist who was creating an illustrated poster map of Middle-earth.
Baynes ripped the map out of her own 1954 copy of Lord of the Rings and took it to Tolkien, who covered it with notes, including many extra place names that do not appear in the book. Since most were in his own invented Elvish language he helpfully translated some: ‘Eryn Vorn [= Black Forest] a forest region of dark [pine?] trees.’
The annotations give an insight into how vividly Tolkien pictured Middle-earth in his mind, and how thorough his research was. They include a series of geographical pointers about the latitude of key locations: ‘Hobbiton is assumed to be approx. at latitude of Oxford,’. ‘Minas Tirith is about latitude of Ravenna (but is 900 miles east of Hobbiton more near Belgrade). Bottom of the map (1,400 miles) is about latitude of Jerusalem.’
Pictured: MS. Tolkien Drawings 132. copyright Tolkien Estate / Williams College Oxford Programme 2018](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:blxilps4iwbxicionf2rztej/bafkreihyhpyp5dimgthg2hvn4esb7fiyz4q425ceduhvhqpvyr45iz7bry@jpeg)
March 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy #TolkienReadingDay to all who celebrate! Please enjoy this map of Middle Earth, annotated by the man himself and including several locations not mentioned in the books:
Excited to finally share the primary results of the NeuroSAFE PROOF trial! Huge thanks to our incredible team and, most importantly, the patients who made this research possible.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Effect of NeuroSAFE-guided RARP versus standard RARP on erectile function and urinary continence in patients with localised prostate cancer (NeuroSAFE PROOF): a multicentre, patient-blinded, randomise...
Sparing the periprostatic neurovascular bundles during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) improves postoperative erectile function and early …
www.sciencedirect.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Excited to finally share the primary results of the NeuroSAFE PROOF trial! Huge thanks to our incredible team and, most importantly, the patients who made this research possible.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Building on this morning’s #NeuroSAFE data, @nikhilmayor.bsky.social presents late-breaking results from #IP8FLUORESCE, assessing the diagnostic accuracy of FCM for detecting positive margins intra-op
Feasible, quick and good sensitivity and specificity for detecting margins ≥3mm!
#EAU25 🇪🇸
Feasible, quick and good sensitivity and specificity for detecting margins ≥3mm!
#EAU25 🇪🇸
March 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Building on this morning’s #NeuroSAFE data, @nikhilmayor.bsky.social presents late-breaking results from #IP8FLUORESCE, assessing the diagnostic accuracy of FCM for detecting positive margins intra-op
Feasible, quick and good sensitivity and specificity for detecting margins ≥3mm!
#EAU25 🇪🇸
Feasible, quick and good sensitivity and specificity for detecting margins ≥3mm!
#EAU25 🇪🇸
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Prostate cancer surgery breakthrough offers hope for erectile function
Prostate cancer surgery breakthrough offers hope for erectile function
Neurosafe procedure allows doctors to remove prostate while preserving as much nerve tissue around it as possible
A more precise form of prostate cancer surgery nearly doubles the chances of men retaining erectile function afterwards compared with standard surgery, according to the first comprehensive trial of the procedure.
Doctors in five UK hospitals assessed the surgical approach that aims to preserve crucial nerves that run through the outer layer of the prostate and are thought to be responsible for producing erections. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Prostate cancer surgery breakthrough offers hope for erectile function
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Dear all, if you're a doctor/other healthcare professional, pls help our Dutch colleagues with a question that bedevils us all 👿
How/when/do you change a urinary cath when you've diagnosed infection?
Short survey <2 min
#IDSky #UTISky #Clinmicro #MedSky #CAUTI #AMS #AMR @merellambregts.bsky.social
How/when/do you change a urinary cath when you've diagnosed infection?
Short survey <2 min
#IDSky #UTISky #Clinmicro #MedSky #CAUTI #AMS #AMR @merellambregts.bsky.social
To change or not to change?
The necessity of replacing a catheter during a CAUTI remains a subject of ongoing debate. Please fill in this survey to help us assess potential global practice variation in catheter management!
Completion only takes <2 minutes: forms.office.com/e/MRCMwUb2UK
The necessity of replacing a catheter during a CAUTI remains a subject of ongoing debate. Please fill in this survey to help us assess potential global practice variation in catheter management!
Completion only takes <2 minutes: forms.office.com/e/MRCMwUb2UK
March 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Dear all, if you're a doctor/other healthcare professional, pls help our Dutch colleagues with a question that bedevils us all 👿
How/when/do you change a urinary cath when you've diagnosed infection?
Short survey <2 min
#IDSky #UTISky #Clinmicro #MedSky #CAUTI #AMS #AMR @merellambregts.bsky.social
How/when/do you change a urinary cath when you've diagnosed infection?
Short survey <2 min
#IDSky #UTISky #Clinmicro #MedSky #CAUTI #AMS #AMR @merellambregts.bsky.social
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Next up: PhD Fellow @ajwlight.bsky.social presents an update from the multicentre blinded #IP8FLUORESCE study evaluating #ConfocalMicroscopy for margin status in #RadicalProstatectomy - recruitment complete and results out on Monday 24/03 at #EAU25 🇪🇸
March 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Next up: PhD Fellow @ajwlight.bsky.social presents an update from the multicentre blinded #IP8FLUORESCE study evaluating #ConfocalMicroscopy for margin status in #RadicalProstatectomy - recruitment complete and results out on Monday 24/03 at #EAU25 🇪🇸
I'm excited to announce that we’ll be presenting the much-anticipated results of the *NeuroSAFE PROOF trial* at *EAU25 in Madrid*!
🗓 *Date:* Monday, March 24, 2025
🕙 *Time:* 10:00 AM
📍 *Location:* Green Area, eURO Auditorium 1
Join us at this Game Changer Session
🗓 *Date:* Monday, March 24, 2025
🕙 *Time:* 10:00 AM
📍 *Location:* Green Area, eURO Auditorium 1
Join us at this Game Changer Session
March 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I'm excited to announce that we’ll be presenting the much-anticipated results of the *NeuroSAFE PROOF trial* at *EAU25 in Madrid*!
🗓 *Date:* Monday, March 24, 2025
🕙 *Time:* 10:00 AM
📍 *Location:* Green Area, eURO Auditorium 1
Join us at this Game Changer Session
🗓 *Date:* Monday, March 24, 2025
🕙 *Time:* 10:00 AM
📍 *Location:* Green Area, eURO Auditorium 1
Join us at this Game Changer Session
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📢 LESS THAN ONE WEEK LEFT
"We welcome applications from a range of experience levels, from senior trainees to junior trainees to house officers or medical students"
- Mr @veerukasi.bsky.social, BURST Director
🗓️ Apply by Feb 28th: redcap.slms.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=3...
#BURST10 #UroSoMe
"We welcome applications from a range of experience levels, from senior trainees to junior trainees to house officers or medical students"
- Mr @veerukasi.bsky.social, BURST Director
🗓️ Apply by Feb 28th: redcap.slms.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=3...
#BURST10 #UroSoMe
February 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📢 LESS THAN ONE WEEK LEFT
"We welcome applications from a range of experience levels, from senior trainees to junior trainees to house officers or medical students"
- Mr @veerukasi.bsky.social, BURST Director
🗓️ Apply by Feb 28th: redcap.slms.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=3...
#BURST10 #UroSoMe
"We welcome applications from a range of experience levels, from senior trainees to junior trainees to house officers or medical students"
- Mr @veerukasi.bsky.social, BURST Director
🗓️ Apply by Feb 28th: redcap.slms.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=3...
#BURST10 #UroSoMe
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How does #prostatecancer recur after radiotherapy?
Alisha Pati-Alam, Susan Heavey and the team at UCL highlight this key question in their commentary of an important new meta-analysis on salvage therapies.
Grab a ☕and read more: doi.org/10.1038/s413...
Alisha Pati-Alam, Susan Heavey and the team at UCL highlight this key question in their commentary of an important new meta-analysis on salvage therapies.
Grab a ☕and read more: doi.org/10.1038/s413...
January 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
How does #prostatecancer recur after radiotherapy?
Alisha Pati-Alam, Susan Heavey and the team at UCL highlight this key question in their commentary of an important new meta-analysis on salvage therapies.
Grab a ☕and read more: doi.org/10.1038/s413...
Alisha Pati-Alam, Susan Heavey and the team at UCL highlight this key question in their commentary of an important new meta-analysis on salvage therapies.
Grab a ☕and read more: doi.org/10.1038/s413...
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"If you are going to write a scientific paper for publication, you are also going to have to write a response to reviewers". Advice on "How to write a response to reviewers" from a group of editors who've ready many, many thousands of such responses. www.europeanurology.com/article/S030...
January 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"If you are going to write a scientific paper for publication, you are also going to have to write a response to reviewers". Advice on "How to write a response to reviewers" from a group of editors who've ready many, many thousands of such responses. www.europeanurology.com/article/S030...
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we're thrilled to share that we've started the year with a new addition to our team! he's extremely smart, capable, charming, persuasive, and boasts a wealth of museum experience
January 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
we're thrilled to share that we've started the year with a new addition to our team! he's extremely smart, capable, charming, persuasive, and boasts a wealth of museum experience
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Thoights on brain size, birth, and the ignorance of obscene wealth open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Thoughts on Brain Size, Birth, and the Ignorance of Obscene Wealth
2025 is going to be a bumpy ride
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Thoights on brain size, birth, and the ignorance of obscene wealth open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
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Researchers spend approximately 45% of their time on administrative activities related to #grants rather than actual #research. The current #competition in research #funding has significant drawbacks; evidence-based improvements of the funding system are required: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The costs of competition in distributing scarce research funds | PNAS
Research funding systems fundamentally influence how science operates. This paper
aims to analyze the allocation of competitive research funding fr...
www.pnas.org
December 22, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Researchers spend approximately 45% of their time on administrative activities related to #grants rather than actual #research. The current #competition in research #funding has significant drawbacks; evidence-based improvements of the funding system are required: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Patient-centered pathology reports improved patients' understanding of prostate biopsy results and their ability to accurately assess their cancer diagnosis and risk level, compared to standard pathology reports.
ja.ma/4a3c38z
ja.ma/4a3c38z
January 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Patient-centered pathology reports improved patients' understanding of prostate biopsy results and their ability to accurately assess their cancer diagnosis and risk level, compared to standard pathology reports.
ja.ma/4a3c38z
ja.ma/4a3c38z
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Bonus effect. When a drug for diabetes significantly reduces kidney stones, results of a randomized trial of empagliflozin (Jardiance), a SGLT-2 inhibitor, in people without diabetes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Bonus effect. When a drug for diabetes significantly reduces kidney stones, results of a randomized trial of empagliflozin (Jardiance), a SGLT-2 inhibitor, in people without diabetes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...