Richard Simcock

@BreastDocUK

Oncologist, Breast, Head & Neck cancers, Macmillan, Chair of ERG for the Older Person with Cancer, Co-Editor 'ABC of Cancer Care'.

Brighton UK
Joined October 2011

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    31 Dec 2016

    The workforce challenges in meeting the needs of older people with cancer. Editorial with

  2. 4 hours ago

    20 yr f.up on breast boost trial: <50, +DCIS, high grade and ER-

  3. 6 hours ago

    "when something doesn't live up to hype - we change what it means" context: precision oncology

  4. 5 hours ago

    These better be damn good instructions.

  5. 14 hours ago

    We need more if this type of article - the major advances in radiotherapy treatment are impressive

  6. 8 hours ago

    Sunday Journal Club (3pm EST / 8pm UK) with Download full text paper here:

  7. 8 hours ago

    A Series of Unfortunate Events

  8. 22 hours ago

    IGRT Course 23-25th February. Includes bonus Vincent Gregoire!

  9. Jan 25
  10. Jan 24

    Late to this thread on diet & but todays' Guardian was as good as yesterday's Mirror was awful

  11. Jan 24

    TY to all 115,898 people who signed petition - to be presented to & later today. Do stay tuned!

  12. Jan 24

    Pleased to see another UK Breast Oncologist on Twitter : welcome

  13. Jan 23

    Invite a patient to visit your MDT as an observer. We did. Nice article by (Paywall)

  14. Jan 23

    Some cancer patients want to eat wacky diets. What kills them is not the wacky diet but rejection of proper medicine

  15. Jan 23

    The Mirror has become a new home to post truth anti-science. I could weep.

  16. Jan 23

    based on UK statistics, this would be 200 avoidable cases of breast cancer per year

  17. Jan 23

    Prof Mackillop is on Twitter now too!!!

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      Consultant Medical Oncologist

    • @altusda

      Resisting the censorship of facts and science. Truth wins in the end.

  19. Jan 23

    8% increase in relative risk of relapse per month has to be put into context absolute risk remains low. 1/2

  20. Jan 23

    We will be welcoming colleague and first author to discuss this paper

  21. Jan 22

    Very interesting study on the use of Zometa in young women to try & prevent bone mets: Actually detrimental!!

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