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Kevin Blyth

@kevingblyth.bsky.social
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Professor of Respiratory Medicine @ University of Glasgow | Respiratory Consultant QEUH | Mesothelioma | Pleural | Lung | Cancer Evolution | Trustee Mesothelioma UK www.predictmeso.com pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=blyth…

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Gordon Cowell @gordoncowell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Radiologist agreement in mRECIST 1.1 reporting for mesothelioma is poor and misclassification reduces trial power, just published in Lung Cancer. Thanks to all in our group, especially to Joshua Roche and @kevingblyth.bsky.social www.lungcancerjournal.info/article/S016...
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Discordance in pleural mesothelioma response classification and modelling of impact on clinical trials
Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is an aggressive thoracic malignancy associated with prior asbestos exposure. The diagnosis is often delayed due to subtle imaging features, which may be limited to minimal p...
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Gordon Cowell @gordoncowell.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Delighted to see this published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging @rsnasky.bsky.social - important to continue to drive development in pleural imaging. Big thanks to all my coauthors and especially @kevingblyth.bsky.social
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Full text link below to a review article just published in Current Pulmonary Reports on Non-Specific Pleuritis. A key topic for those interested in #mesothelioma evolution. Well done to first author Mark Neilly and thanks to our co-author and pathology colleague, Craig Dick 👏 rdcu.be/d9Fgg
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Non-Specific Pleuritis: An Update
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Great to be in beautiful Edinburgh for the National #Mesothelioma Education Day 2025 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Dr Neil McGlinchey kicking off the meeting in fantastic setting at Royal College of Physicians
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Looking forward to this tomorrow ⬇️ National #Mesothelioma Network Education Day ✅ New Management Guideline 🩻 New Staging (TNM 9) 📈 Review of Audit Performance (QPI) Plus Trials, Interventional Pain, Pleural Nursing & Horizon scanning …then, dinner with team 🎉🍷
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PREDICT-Meso @predict-meso.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Check out this interview with our #PREDICTMeso PI @kevingblyth.bsky.social discussing #mesothelioma; why it takes so long to develop, and what we at @predict-meso.bsky.social are doing to research and develop new treatments #MesotheliomaResearch #MesoORIGINS #CancerResearch #EarlyDetection
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
A few mins of #Mesothelioma chat starts @1251 on BBC Scotland Lunchtime Live👇 Why does meso develop decades after exposure? What are we doing in @predict-meso.bsky.social to develop new treatments? @uofglasgow.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social @cancerresearchuk.org www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Lunchtime Live - 23/12/2024 - BBC Sounds
News updates from Scotland and beyond, plus all your lunchtime sport, travel and weather.
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Looking forward to talking #mesothelioma on BBC Scotland Lunchtime Live in a few minutes!
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Joachim Goedhart @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
There are now 24 step-by-step guides, explaining how to create these ⬇️ data visualizations with R/ggplot2 - I hope this is a useful resource. Find them all here: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Article in @heraldscotland.bsky.social this week highlights a sad #mesothelioma story & ongoing research in PREDICT-Meso, IAMMED, Meso-SCAPE & excellent Hansen lab @predict-meso.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2477596...
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Deadly dust stole my husband: fears grow for asbestos crisis in Scotland's buildings
They met as teenagers, married young, raised their family and saved hard for the future.
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
It was great to be part of the BTOG/MesoUK Essential Update meeting this week Topics included diagnostics, new Rx, CNS roles, legal, pleural Nice to see 2 current PhD students presenting 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Meso Network (Matt) 🧬 PREDICT-Meso (Mark) @btog.bsky.social @mesouk.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Very proud of Jenny Ferguson - PhD viva passed today! 🎉🥂 Her thesis on stratification of #respiratory disease covered 🫁 STRATIFY trial of #pleural staging in Lung Ca 🔬Predictive Markers in #MPE 🦠 Immune markers of severe #COVID19 🙏 R Bhatnagar, C Church & L Richmond! @uofglasgow.bsky.social
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Research for the Future @researchfuture.bsky.social · 19/01/2024
🟡 Recruiting now – PREDICT-Meso PPI Group People affected my mesothelioma to join a new PPI group to advise on all stages of mesothelioma research.   Message us or visit our website… www.researchforthefuture.org/studies/predict-meso
Graphic featuring logos of NHS and Research for the Future, accompanied by an image of a young woman in a wheelchair using a laptop for an online meeting. This visual illustrates the PREDICT-MESO project, which aims to establish a Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) group. The group will provide valuable input at all stages of mesothelioma research.
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
New paper from our group on body composition changes in #mesothelioma during chemo ⬇️ 💪 61.5% patients lost muscle 🧈 60.4% patients lost fat 🫁 Extreme thoracic muscle loss & total fat loss independently prognostic Funded by Asthma+Lung UK www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The prevalence and prognostic significance of Sarcopenia and Adipopenia in Pleural Mesothelioma
Altered body composition is associated with adverse survival in multiple cancers. We determined the prevalence, prognostic significance and clinicopat…
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Tom Newsom-Davis @tnewsomdavis.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Kevin Blyth: management of mesothelioma effusion 🔹IPC vs pleurodesis = equivalent efficacy For pleurodesis: 🔹 Talc = most effective agent 🔹 Big drain no better than smaller ones 🔹 NSAIDs fine for analgesia (won’t limit pleurodesis) 🔹 Talc slurry as good as poudrage
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Tom Newsom-Davis @tnewsomdavis.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
@dean_fennell: 2L mesothelioma options 👉 (small) subset of non-epithelioid pts do very well with Vin 🟢 Gem+Ramucirumab = ⬆️ PFS ❓ Gem maintenance = ⬆️ PFS, but a bit forgotten 🟢 Platinum rechallenge RR 50% ❓Activity in immuno rechallenge, RR up to 50%
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Tom Newsom-Davis @tnewsomdavis.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Improve your mesothelioma service by forming a network: the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 experience by Matthew Tate 🟢 ⬆️ data completeness 🟢 ⬇️ non-biopsy cases 🟢 ⬆️ OS in non-epithelioid 🔺 OS benefit not solely due to arrival of immunotherapy @btog.bsky.social @mesouk.bsky.social
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Tom Newsom-Davis @tnewsomdavis.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
PREDICT-Meso: 🧐 How does inflammation evolve into malignancy? 🧐 Can we diagnose mesothelioma at pre-malignant stage? 👉 80 institutions, 16 countries 👉 x5 work streams Fantastic, ambitious, international, multi-faceted project @btog.bsky.social @mesouk.bsky.social
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Matthew Tate presenting outcomes from the Scottish #Mesothelioma Network ⬆️ Overall Survival in Non-Epi cases ⬆️ Use of Immunotherapy ⬆️ OS in Non-Epi cases not receiving IO Mesothelioma networks should be developed across the UK
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Sanjay Popat @drsanjaypopat.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Was that a collective sigh of relief, I heard?
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
On-call week for me at #QEUH Lots of Flu A! 🦠😷 Felt like every other patient today. Will be interested to see if the upward trend in last weeks numbers continues publichealthscotland.scot/publications...
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Viral respiratory diseases (including influenza and COVID-19) in Scotland surveillance report 28 November 2024 - Viral respiratory diseases (including influenza and COVID-19) in Scotland surveillance ...
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KingsResp - Love Your Lungs @kingsresp.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Can you believe it, it’s almost December! This year we’re excited to bring you a #RespMas advent calendar! Every day we’ll open a window to reveal a paper worth reading! By Christmas we’ll all be on top of our Respiratory game! #medsky #pulmsky #lungsky #RespEd #RespIsBest
24 windows of an advent calendar each with a Christmas themed picture eg snowflakes, a cute fox in a scarf, mittens, and a bobble hat . The title is Merry Respmas Advent Calendar
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Hey Sanjay! Nice to see you on here !
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Luciano Martelotto @lgmartelotto.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This is why we are all in this field…to see, and one day to be able to produce work like this. Patho-DBiT-seq www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Spatially exploring RNA biology in archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues
Patho-DBiT enables spatial profiling of a range of RNA species (i.e., mRNA, microRNA, tRNA, splicing isoform, etc.) all at once in clinical formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue with high sensitivit...
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Heading home after a fantastic #BTSWinter2024 Leaving energised and grateful for friends and the opportunity to talk #mesothelioma in the Plenary Scientific Symposium. Also excited for 2025 under our new BTS President!
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
This morning I presented results of the STRATIFY multi-centre trial of staging thoracoscopy for minimal pleural effusion in lung cancer. The prevalence of occult pleural mets was only 14%, thoracoscopy was safe & altered treatment plans. Paper coming soon! #BTSWinter2024 x.com/UKPleura/sta...
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I'm very grateful to Asthma & Lung UK for the early support they provided to our now international #mesothelioma research program. Pump-priming is such an impactful strategy for grant-awarding charities x.com/IanJarroldAL...
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Day 2 of #WinterBTS2024 started with a sunny walk in followed by presentation of STRATIFY results (pleural staging of Mini-PE). Next up is #mesothelioma presentation at Plenary Scientific Symposium 😬
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Sorry to have missed it! Too many overlapping sessions (a good sign I guess!)
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This is starting now at #BTSwinter2024 in Windsor on 5th floor!
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
For anyone attending the Winter BTS meeting next week, we're having a Meso-ORIGINS study investigators' meeting on Wed 27th Nov. 1230-130pm, Rutherford Room on L4. Come and join if you're involved or just interested! #mesothelioma
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I think so...should be kyuanlab.org from UofG
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kyuan lab
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Jérémy Cours 🌳 @jeremycours.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
First post on Bluesky, let’s share some websites offering many free illustrations for scientific figures 🖼️ 🧪 🌍 : scidraw.io bioart.niaid.nih.gov www.phylopic.org More well known but very nice though: www.freepik.com
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SciDraw | Scientific Drawings
SciDraw - an open repository of science drawings
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Hi Stefan - could you add @johnlequesne.bsky.social @keyuan.bsky.social Thanks!
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Great ! Paper looks amazing. Congrats! Are Farzaneh or Kai on here?
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Hopefully this is you guys!! @johnlequesne.bsky.social @keyuan.bsky.social
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Amazing study from colleagues at @uofglasgow.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social reporting a histomorphological atlas of #mesothelioma Survival prediction + new biological insights via self-supervised AI. Excited to see how it performs on pre-meso biopsies! #PREDICT-Meso www.biorxiv.org/content/bior...
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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I started a #mesothelioma researcher starter pack Who have I missed? go.bsky.app/EvS1KrK
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Nice study published yesterday in Science identifying Platelet Factor-4 as a potential mediator of Treg immune suppression by TAMs www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Macrophages are prominent in the #mesothelioma TME due to frustrated phagocytosis of #asbestos fibres. Worth a closer 👀 #PREDICT-Meso
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Platelet factor 4–induced TH1-Treg polarization suppresses antitumor immunity
The tumor microenvironment (TME) contains a number of immune-suppressive cells such as T helper 1–polarized regulatory T cells (TH1-Treg cells). However, little is known about the mechanism behind the...
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I like to think my research is patient centred - turns out it is! This is a great tool to visually summarise your publishing history (PubMed or Google Scholar) scholargoggler.com Boring text version here pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov?term=Blyth+K...
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
It’s that time of the year again 🥶 🌨️Pick your favourite Scottish road gritter name! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Check out the live tracker for a laugh www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac... Difficult to look beyond #spreadymercury #kevinfridges #buzziceclear
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Gritter tracker | Traffic Scotland
Traffic Scotland gives you the real-time information you need about Scotland’s trunk road network
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Yes! Also @emilyself.bsky.social @joshsearle.bsky.social There must be more !
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Emily Self (@emilyself.bsky.social)
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Could you add me Trevor? Thanks
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Kevin Blyth @kevingblyth.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
On Wednesday this week we hosted our first PREDICT-Meso Young Investigators’ Day in Glasgow. Blown away by the progress and quality of our PhD students & postdocs. The future of #mesothelioma research looks bright! @cruk-si.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social
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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Are you a medic wanting to do a PhD in mesothelioma biology at the University of Cambridge? Deadline 19 November 2024 (Please send to colleagues you think might be interested) crukcambridgecentre.org.uk/sites/defaul...
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