A/Prof Gavin M Wright @drclavikul.bsky.social · 28/09/2025The late detection rate changes from 70-80% with business a usual to about 20% with screening. That’s a pretty big advance. More than any new drug can provide. 120
A/Prof Gavin M Wright @drclavikul.bsky.social · 26/09/2025That’s very sad. Unfortunately about 20% of people in a screening program are found when they already have stage 4, and the fact they get that way in <2 years also means they are ultra-fast growing. People not eligible for screening can also get lung cancer so it is a major step but not the panacea. 110
A/Prof Gavin M Wright @drclavikul.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Absolutely. As Australia has universal cover AND this is free to all qualifying residents AND it’s an actual program that is promoted at federal and state level AND has support and leadership from Indigenous organisations, we should see an upswing in early cancer presentation in most groups. 010
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/09/2025I'm hearing "political violence has no place in America" from people who were more than OK with what happened on Jan 6, 2021. 475132514316
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence. 1098272217944
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/07/2025RFK Jr. just fired thousands of federal workers at crucial health agencies, including the FDA, CDC, and NIH. These are the people who inspect our food, track infectious diseases, and research life-saving treatments and cures. How is this "Making America Healthy Again"? 1076173976554
A/Prof Gavin M Wright @drclavikul.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Australia's National Screening program has commenced this month so it is starting to appear in the news. We've screened our first few people at St Vincent's Melbourne and are looking forward to ramping. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...medscape.comAustralia Launches Lung Cancer Screening Program for SmokersAustralia has launched its first lung cancer screening program, which targets current and recent smokers with biennial low-dose CT scans. 130
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightBJS Open @bjsopen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in major lower limb amputation related to peripheral arterial disease in England ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjso... @bjsacademy.bsky.social @bjsurgery.bsky.socialdoi.orgSocioeconomic and ethnic disparities in major lower limb amputation related to peripheral arterial disease in EnglandAmputation is a treatment of last resort for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). This study examined associations between socioeconomic deprivation and ethn 122
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Question: Why would 🇺🇸 companies have to “eat them” if the other countries already pay them? Answer: They don’t. Tariffs are a tax on us. time.com/7285637/walm... 573102973063
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/05/2025After-tax income under the Trump/GOP budget: -People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000 -People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700 -People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000 This is what class warfare looks like. 12959072398
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/05/2025Some good news! www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/e...cnn.comRomania’s pro-EU candidate beats hard-right rival to win presidential election | CNNRomania’s pro-European Union presidential candidate Nicușor Dan won the country’s presidential election Sunday, defeating his ultranationalist rival. 460238114063
A/Prof Gavin M Wright @drclavikul.bsky.social · 19/05/2025The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree 000
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightDrAlexis @alexis-md.bsky.social · 08/05/2025From the party that brought us such timeless hits as “significant privacy concerns” and “fighting government overreach” 021
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightKyle Swanson, MD, FAANS, FCNS @kiswanson.medsky.network · 10/05/2025Its good to see right prevail today, but, my god, she was kidnapped and imprisoned for an opinion piece! 1232
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research… 9824406813756
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightScott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 27/04/2025Harvard’s putting up a fight from the academic sector. Where are our business leaders?? The silence is deafening. The latest No Mercy / No Malice: www.profgalloway.com/breaking-the... 200125332925
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 27/04/2025I think people need to have more children. Here’s why I vote for the party that deports sick toddlers, gives everybody measles, cuts funding for children’s education and healthcare, and is investigating Miss Rachel. 484387783
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightRick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Isn’t that the first thing you learn in Yale Law? 1660167883714
A/Prof Gavin M Wright @drclavikul.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Not to say this isn’t an issue and shouldn’t be studied for each cancer but I think this is not the smoking gun. We mainly do scans after curative surgery to screen for the next (hopefully) curable cancer. It’s rare to re-treat for cure unless it’s isolated recurrence suitable for surgery or radioTx 020
A/Prof Gavin M Wright @drclavikul.bsky.social · 28/04/20254 cancers, 10 different followup regimens, lots of “contamination” in controls and a broad conclusion. As for lung cancer, a single 2010 paper=pts never exposed to adjuvant, targeted, immunotherapies, stereotactic radiotherapy or minimally invasive surgery in a disease that was 90% fatal then 100
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M Wright2. Grandpa @pdubya62.bsky.social · 27/04/2025“I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.” ― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible #BookSky 081
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Warnock: I hear people attack poor people and act like it’s a crime to be poor, rather than to recognize it’s criminal for so many people to be poor. They do all of this in the name of Jesus… Jesus is the biggest victim of identity theft in the United States 653377438956
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Opinion | That four-year-old cancer victim is no angel. 1314905607
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Are we still pretending this is about free speech? 28592512458
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightDr Tracy Westerman AM @drtracywesterman.bsky.social · 27/04/2025 1408
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Somewhat ironic that the least qualified, most unfit and incompetent Sec of Defense in American history is the one who abolished DEI. 521224294082
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone? 7233212712483
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M Wright California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Courtesy of today’s GOP…👇 Enjoy. 😎✨ 15021031057
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19/04/2025This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!! 16728587920067
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 19/04/2025If this is behind a paywall then you might want to buy the paper for it. www.smh.com.au/national/cop...smh.com.au‘Copied the MAGA model’: The ‘grassroots’ lobby group funded by some of Australia’s richestThe Advance propaganda machine is aimed at ordinary Australians but backed by some of our wealthiest – and has links to a right-wing US foundation. 1411944
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightTRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 17/04/2025#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #episky #immunosky #publichealth These findings suggest PPE deescalation to N95 respirators 😷 alone ensured staff safety, promoted environmental sustainability & reduced associated costs. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @jama.comjamanetwork.comPlastic Waste and COVID-19 Among Hospital Staff After Deescalation in PPE UseThis quality improvement study evaluates whether personal protective equipment (PPE) deescalation guidelines in Singapore was associated with staff COVID-19 incidence as well as the environmental sust... 03612
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightRick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Yes It Is! We Need Everyone To Wake Up Now! 8647951583
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/04/2025theonion.com/historians-q... 220363137032
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Seems pretty clear that doge is a total scam 906175784866
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightThe Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 12/04/2025All Abrego Garcia needs to do to get out of prison is claim he rioted on Jan 6 52461366
A/Prof Gavin M Wright @drclavikul.bsky.social · 11/04/2025I support independents to keep COALition out of power and hopefully force a minority govt to hold marginally less useless ALP to account. www.climate200.com.au/campaign/childrens-tvc-meta?utm_source=copylink&utm_medium=social&utm_content=sharelinkclimate200.com.auGet this ad seen in battleground independent seats – all donations doubled! | Climate 200 000
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/04/2025All of this could have been avoided if enough people had just decided to vote for a competent Black Indian woman. Racism...the downfall of America. 1354250254378
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/04/2025The credibility of the US government is completely shot. Gone. Annihilated. Nobody anywhere in the world can believe a single word that comes out of this Administration. Ever. 22155678911664
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10/04/2025The insiders seem to have had a 20min warning before the public 296107834221
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 09/04/2025The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country. 374189803605
A/Prof Gavin M Wright @drclavikul.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Destruction of Government Efficiency strikes again 030
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightRick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 06/04/2025San Francisco gets an A+ for presentation and form. 285218074997
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightDr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Another federal agency gone. This one tracks patient outcomes in hospitals. medical mistakes, and patient safety. RIP “Data gathered by AHRQ provides much of what is known about hospitalizations for motor accidents, measles, and thousands of other medical issues." kffhealthnews.org/news/article...kffhealthnews.orgWhat’s Lost: Trump Whacks Tiny Agency That Works To Make the Nation's Health Care Safer - KFF Health NewsThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has helped improve health care safety in a country where thousands die of medical errors each year. It was effectively dissolved Tuesday. 26544
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/03/2025The self-styled free speech people constantly threatening to imprison people for speaking. 698154883897
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M WrightJohn Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 23/03/2025“For most, there is no reason to even consider using a service like Starlink in a metro area like Greater Sydney. It's more expensive than NBN, has higher upfront costs, and is less reliable.” www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/Ne...whistleout.com.auStarlink quietly introduces its congestion charge in AustraliaThe charge is applicable in areas where there are more connections than Starlink may be able to adequately service. 021
Reposted by A/Prof Gavin M Wrightkim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 22/03/2025lmao getting fact checked irl 608468396797