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Lesley Fallowfield

@lfallowfield.bsky.social
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I’m a psycho-oncologist, passionate about good science and a better world

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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
She was such an amazing person, wonderful scientist and fun to be with. I feel privileged to have known her and will remember some of our conversations fondly
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
This delay in paying compensation is unconscionably cruel. These poor people have suffered enough. I sat on the psychosocial expert panel in the inquiry, maybe we should reconvene and reexamine the extra psychological and social harm now being caused?
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
This is so alarming- affecting not just the insane people who voted for children to oversee vital public services
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Would the UK media outlets please publicise the opinions of the Lib Dems and the Greens instead of this seemingly endless promotion of Reform who only have 6 MPs for goodness sake.
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Good grief whatever next
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Infected blood victims call for faster compensation. It is beyond belief that a year after the report was published, many victims have still not received anything
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Another successful TARGET workshop on talking about risk and uncertainty around GEP testing. Engaged and interested HCPs - your cancer patients are lucky to have you
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Rema, many non-commercially available comm skills courses are charitably funded. Lots have no evidence base for efficacy or pedagogical basis. We occasionally run facilitator training courses but these are for specific areas ie issues re genetic testing or metastatic disease. See SHORE-c website
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OncoDaily @oncodaily.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The benefits of adopting ePROMs for cancer patients – Manchester Cancer Research Centre @mcrcnews.bsky.social @sallywheelwright.bsky.social @drkateabsolom.bsky.social @lfallowfield.bsky.social oncodaily.com/insight/manc... #OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews
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SHORE-C @shore-c.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
SHORE-C have two papers in the new edition of Springer's Supportive Care in Cancer journal! Congratulations to the authors @drhelenaharder.bsky.social, Rachel Starkings, @lfallowfield.bsky.social, Valerie Shilling and Shirley May. doi.org/10.1007/s005... doi.org/10.1007/s005...
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Incidence and management of diarrhoea associated with abemaciclib and endocrine therapy for hormone-receptor positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: the UK patients’ experiences - Supportive...
Purpose Addition of a CDK4/6 inhibitor to endocrine therapy (ET) prolongs survival in HR + /HER2-metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Gastrointestinal side effects, predominantly diarrhoea and abdominal pa...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/04/2025
Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool | Jonathan Freedland
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Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool | Jonathan Freedland
This presidency places authoritarian ambition above all – and now the people of Ukraine are paying the price, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
For goodnees sake when will Labour wake up and try to reverse the damage done to us by BREXIT www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds
Exclusive: Britons found to have ‘lost out’ while rest of Europe benefits from golden age of research and treatments
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Never forget www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/sites/defaul...
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
5 yrs ago we wrote the psychosocial report for the infected blood inquiry. How much further psycholosocial harm has been suffered by the infected who are still alive and their affected families due to delays in paying any compensation is unconscionable
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Lindsey Rachev @lrachev.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history. They aren't even bothering to hide it.
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This continues to be such a shameful episode
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?" It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini #Dontabandonthem
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"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Beyond belief. Is this really the man we’re going to fawn over with a State Visit? It’s time for our PM to pick a side
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Watching our prime minister low towing to that vile orange buffoon in the White House sickening albeit necessary. Bet the King is thrilled about a state visit!
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Robert S Miller MD @rsm2800.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
How likely is it that a pt in a Phase 2 oncology trial will receive a drug that is ultimately FDA-approved? This study says 16.2% (19.4% for NCCN off-label recommendations as well). However, when using an ESMO scale assessing "substantial clinical benefit" it's 9.3% academic.oup.com/jnci/advance...
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Be afraid, be very afraid- what on earth has happened to the US
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Why on earth am I continually surprised by things this terrible man says?
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Intrigued as to why Danny Kruger feels that the assessment of competency and coercion by one high court judge is preferable to a multidisciplinary panel of social workers, psychiatrists and retired judges in Assisted Dying.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
There are several reasons Musk wants to control Treasury payments. None of them are good. An unelected and unaccountable billionaire wants to dictate what working families can and cannot afford www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | There are several reasons Musk wants to control Treasury payments. None of them are good.
An unelected and unaccountable billionaire wants to dictate what working families can and cannot afford.
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
While the assisted dying bill goes through committee stage, crucial that people realise we need to support our hospices who are dependent on charity. They are not mutually exclusive aims - better palliative care & assisted dying for those whose pain & dignity is not resolved despite great care
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/01/2025
‘It’s been nice talking to you, Ken’: imagining Starmer’s first call with Trump | John Crace
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‘It’s been nice talking to you, Ken’: imagining Starmer’s first call with Trump | John Crace
‘We can give the Greenlanders a McDonald’s, KFC and a Taco Bell … I will nuke Nuuk if necessary, but I’d rather not’ Keir Starmer: Good afternoon, your most serene Excellency. Donald Trump: Who is this? Continue reading...
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
What a breath of sanity is Polly Toynbee! Here’s what Labour should learn from Donald Trump: think bigger, think faster
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 20/01/2025
Trump now making a series of rambling remarks to young staffers and guests. Stumbling from topic to topic. Not entirely clear what the aim of the speech is. Mainly talking about all of the things he didn't include in the main speech but wishes he did.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
It will come as no surprise to anyone to learn that Donald Trump repeatedly made false and misleading claims during his inaugural address www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Factchecking Trump’s inaugural address, from inflation to healthcare
Following up on key claims made by 47th US president during his day one speech
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Anyone else like me finding it hard to tune into the inauguration and sickened by the world’s faux sycophancy of this vile felon?
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Wish the world had more people like you Dale!
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Absolutely spot on from @carolinelucas.bsky.social
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Hope that those who vilified us remainers feel a tad remorseful
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 28/12/2024
“Elon Musk has become a craven cheerleader for America’s next president and will now have real political power. If that prospect doesn’t terrify you, you haven’t been paying attention”, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...
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Trump isn’t the real danger to America—it’s Elon Musk
Musk has become a craven cheerleader for America’s next president and will now have real political power. If that prospect doesn’t terrify you, you ha...
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Good grief we’ll be having to apply to the Water Aid charity next, what a parlous state our country is in. Water companies should hang their heads in shame
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Someone somewhere with a legal brain please find a way to stop this
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
🔴The Reform UK MPs Already Being Bankrolled by Elon Musk How Nigel Farage is already benefiting financially from the billionaire owner of X bylinetimes.com/2024/12/18/t...
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The Reform UK MPs Already Being Bankrolled by Elon Musk
Nigel Farage is already benefiting financially thanks to the billionaire owner of X
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
He’s also a lovely man and we are so grateful for his support of breast cancer research
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
I’m old enough to remember Boris Johnson telling businesses Brexit paperwork could go in a bin. Now they need a warehouse to store it in
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Was it really 8 years ago that our country made this catastrophic mistake?
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Watching the quite breathtaking opening of Notre-Dame but bemused as to why Trump has a prime position sitting next to Macron?
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Dear BBC don’t you have any resources to edit Wallace out - one middle class woman of an older age would be heartily glad to enjoy Masterchef without him. I could even help you with editing!
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I’m intrigued as to why a few hours before the assisted dying bill, the BBC are playing this morning an item about Harold Shipman. Coincidence or deliberate?
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Lesley Fallowfield @lfallowfield.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Irrespective of the vote today on assisted dying we MUST do more to improve access and investment in supportive and palliative care. It is outrageous that hospices are so dependent on charity
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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I've decided that when researchers say a treatment is "well tolerated" it actually means "I can tolerate my patients having toxicity" and nothing to do with what the patient thinks. We can only make such a statement if we use patient-reported outcome or experience measures.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship Prof Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s National Academy of Sciences👏 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship
Prof Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s national academy of sciences
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