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Richard Simcock

@breastdocuk.bsky.social
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30 years #NHS #breastcancer Oncologist #Brighton Chief Medical Officer Macmillan Cancer Support

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
With some incredible actuarial input from the team at Scottish Widows we have launched a projection of cancer prevalence in the UK for 2045. A 58% increase. 5.4 million people living with or beyond cancer. A combination of ageing, rising incidence and better treatments accounting for the rise.
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Multiple calls to our Macmillan helplines about Ivermectin. Always check with your medical teams or call us at Macmillan but in this piece I’m clear that there is no current place for it in treatment protocols. www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2114...
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Warning issued over drug touted as miracle cancer cure
Actor Mel Gibson claimed his friends had become cancer-free after taking the drug.
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
My Oncologist colleague Jo Stokoe is *right now* currently aiming to be the 165th person to swim the North Channel. No wetsuit Lions Mane jellyfish And all in aid of the @RNLI and @SxCancerFund Donate here 👇 www.justgiving.com/team/jos-nor...
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Team fundraising for Sussex Cancer Fund & RNLI
Help Joanna Stokoe raise money to support Sussex Cancer Fund
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ShinyBlackShoe (Calum Polwart) @shinyblackshoe.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Dynamic-III guided ctDNA Looks like ctDNA useful to predict recurrence (possible surrogate endpoint), but not yet found a role in predicting treatment escalation/de-escalation in Colorectal ca #UKOF25
Dynamic-III schema Outcomes data
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
31 years ago I first started medic-ing alongside this lovely human @nikjohnson.bsky.social To be back at #NHSConfedExpo and hearing from him how devolution could improve the public health was all that I didn’t know I needed
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Were there any great questions at #ASCO25 ?
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Final round up from Day 4 of #ASCO25 www.linkedin.com/pulse/asco-d...
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ASCO Day 4: The Birmingham Screwdriver
My father used to upholster furniture. It’s a skilled job that required great care.
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Day 2 at #ASCO25 ‘Why Not?’ www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...
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ASCO Day 2: Podcasts, trust and "Why not?" | Richard Simcock
Day 2 at ASCO: Why podcasts are good, trust is fading and that “‘The difficult is hard, the impossible is a little bit harder.” And more AI...
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
A trial at #ASCO25 showing that podcasts improve education and confidence in oncology trainees will be no surprise to @radchat.bsky.social !
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Some thoughts from D1 #ASCO25 yesterday www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...
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Day 1 at ASCO: Innovation, inequity, and inevitably, AI. | Richard Simcock
Reflections from Day 1 at ASCO: Innovation, inequity and the inevitability of AI
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
People with cancer deserve truthful and understandable health information. Macmillan are proud to have the PIF tick and to be a source of reliable cancer information
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Because I want good news in my life… New cancer centre approved at Brighton hospital www.bbc.com/news/article...
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New cancer centre approved at Royal Sussex Hospital
The cancer centre at the Brighton hospital will include more inpatient beds, the NHS trust says.
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Runcorn worn by 6 votes on a turnout of only 46.2% tells me two things: Your vote is always important Too many people think it isn’t
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
A blog for Macmillan on misinformation in cancer Inspired by this cartoon in The New Yorker exhibition currently at NY Public Library www.macmillan.org.uk/healthcare-p...
A cartoon of a doctors office. A patient lies on the couch but there is another person sat with a laptop. The doctor explains to the patient that she ‘is the fact chacker’
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
A blog for Macmillan on misinformation in cancer Inspired by this cartoon in The New Yorker exhibition currently at NY Public Library www.macmillan.org.uk/healthcare-p...
A cartoon of a doctors office. A patient lies on the couch but there is another person sat with a laptop. The doctor explains to the patient that she ‘is the fact chacker’
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Elisabetta Bonzano MD, PhD @elisabettabonzano.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
📌 Awareness of genomic testing among patients with breast cancer in Europe 🧬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @oncoalert.bsky.social #OncoAlertAF @breastdocuk.bsky.social @csabadegi.bsky.social
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Explaining genomic tests (Oncotype DX) can be difficult The IMPARTER studies shows a that a video helps understanding: bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/4/1/... See post below for links to videos
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Improving patient understanding of GEP test results (IMPARTER4): an RCT
Objective Explaining gene expression profiling (GEP) test results to patients can be challenging. We examined the utility of two 8 min films about Oncotype DX and Prosigna to aid the knowledge and dec...
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Since I just posted something the Post did that was very good, I am obligated to post this with the observation that this is very bad.
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A tight surgical glove. Simple and elegant study of compression to reduce taxane neuropathy in people with #breastcancer acting as their own control (dominant hand) Room for bias, a 20% withdrawal rate and small sample (n=101) but a meaningful reduction in CIPN jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Efficacy of Hand Cooling and Compression in Preventing Taxane-Induced Neuropathy
This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of hand cooling and compression in reducing the risk of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with breast cancer.
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Nicola Ranger from @rcn.org.uk on safe staffing: There is legislation that a dog walker can have no more than 6 dogs Yet no legal limit on how many sick people a nurse can be asked to manage
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This obituary to Sheffield pathologist Kim Survana is a reminder that we can all choose to deal with cancer differently.
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Kevin Robillard @robillard.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
reality show host president, podcast host vice president
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Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Texas measles outbreak marks first fatality, with more cases being reported - STAT #medsky A preventable death, unprevented.
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
A double bill of Rebecca Frecknall in one week (Cabaret on Broadway and Streetcar in the West End) has been amazing soul food. I feel very lucky.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I want to be clear once more that every single vaccine on the childhood vaccine schedule in the United States has already been subjected to a randomized clinical trial. There is no evidence that giving more than one of these vaccines within the time period specified by the schedule poses any risk.
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
That incredible pair @radchat.bsky.social have launched their website If you know you know If you don't - have a look - kudos for their work to start building a library of clinical #radonc images across a range of skin tones and demographics www.radchat.co.uk/image-library
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Image Library | Rad Chat
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
A short video from the Royal Family on life after a cancer diagnosis With reflections from Macmillan, @cancerresearchuk.org Maggies, people affected by cancer and me x.com/royalfamily/...
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Is it possible to block words and phrases on this app, in order to maintain sanity and avoid a doom-scroll feed? Just for example “Trump” ?
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Scientific representatives of big pharma do themselves no favours when they come onto #R4Today and decline to talk about side effects *at all*
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
This survey of text messages received by US Oncologists (its a lot!) 97 hours a year per oncologist answering them But it's what a modern patient would expect, and there is a lot of work to do here in routing appropriate queries to the right staff quickly jnccn.org/view/journal...
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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 09/01/2025
The NHS has lots of problems. But one problem I’ve been able to solve is something that’s been needed for a long, long time: silly names for the different parts of the radiotherapy machine. #cansky #graphicmedicine
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I’ve liked Bluesky Here’s to more blue sky in 2025
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Seeing the King’s speech from the Fitzrovia chapel reminded me on when they saved it after demolishing the old Middlesex Hospital
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Reposting this Starter Pack of UK Oncologists as now up to 50 A bullseye of cancer experts If you know of anyone missing please let me know…
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Ian Krop discussant on ctDNA in discussing the ZEST trial: No study has shown that intervening on a positive trst improves outcomes No study has shown that deescalating therapy on a negative test is safe For trial use only! #SABCS24
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Great quote in the AI session at #SABCS24 “A doctor that can be replaced by a computer deserves to be replaced by a computer”
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A (very) positive PROMS study in metastatic breast cancer 🇩🇪 High adherence PROMs prompted an alert which improved the primary outcome (fatigue) …but it’s unclear what the action was that the PROM prompted… #SABCS24
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Immunotherapy in TN breast cancer is more toxic than seen in the published KN522 study Yet another collection of real world evidence showing tox rate much higher than the published study Delayed tox not captured in study period one possible explanation #SABCS24
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
4w Denosumab or 12w The efficacy results of the REDUSE study are not mature yet but the tox results are in Less drug - fewer tox events ONJ all grades 8.1 vs 5.2% #SABCS24
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I wasn’t expecting the first drug to be discussed at #SABCS24 to be cannabis Highs: - usage by people with cancer - misunderstanding Lows: - disclosure by patients - useful research - current indications (nausea)
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
You’ve had your Spotify Wrapped So now: What’s your Oncology wrapped? What have you been doing in treatment of people with cancer in 2024 that you weren’t doing before? What data/trial/research has been transformative for you in last 12 months?
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
(Double posting on the other place too) Dear #radonc here is my #Grayzone question: If a person has had a prophylactic femoral rod inserted for a threatened path fracture in a bone and referred for post-op RT Would you irradiate all the metal or GTV + margin Or just let the drugs do the work?
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ShinyBlackShoe (Calum Polwart) @shinyblackshoe.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
#UKSACT2024 Ann Rigg telling us 16% increase in SACT activity in last 5 years. New service specification coming (11 years since the last draft) Register as a stakeholder to be consulted on it
Slide with link to register as stakeholder
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Tim Robinson @drtimrobinson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The SONIA trial shows the utility of well-designed academic trials. But funding such studies is getting harder and harder. We need to work with industry to design smarter trials that don’t need further costly and lengthy trials to fill gaps www.nature.com/articles/d41... @oncoalert.bsky.social #bcsm
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Toxicity and costs of cancer treatment reduced by deferring CDK4/6 inhibitor use
No difference in survival outcomes between use of CDK4/6 inhibitors as first- or second-line treatment in metastatic breast cancer.
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Oncology book club @oncologybookclub.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We would love to get your help choosing our next book - it’s the turn of something medically related - this can be fiction/ non-fiction/ memoir. Something with a medic in it, or a medical event, can be serious/ fun. All and every option considered! Let us know your suggestions!
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Santam Chakraborty @santam.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Some additional accounts added to Isocenter starter pack. Please message / like / repost / reply so I can add you. This is meant to be a general list of professionals of #radonc #ClinOnc #medphys #radther #rmeddosim #brachytherapy #EBRT #IGRT #IMRT #IORT #ProtonRT #SBRT #StereoRT go.bsky.app/9dMTnSr
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
For several years I’ve given a talk to senior Oncology resident doctors about the benefits of being on social media In 2024 I’m less sure what those benefits are. What should I tell them?
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Here is my blue sky for today This is my good friend (and excellent GP) Laura who is currently one hour from the end of 800km trek across the Maasai steppe to raise money for schools and medical facilities there www.justgiving.com/page/laura-m...
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
@kylecrawfordonc.bsky.social That was quick!! Good to see you tonight Now the big question - do we allow @gerryhanna.bsky.social on the list of UK oncologists??
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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
So here’s a starter pack of the UK Oncologists I’ve found so far - LMK who I have missed and I will follow and add.
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