Delighted to have won the @RSMcoloproct John of Arderne medal 🎖️ on my PhD researching metabolomic changes associated with radiation in locally advanced rectal cancer. Huge shout out to my supervisors @rickdunnblade @MSciacovelliLab & @dalevim for their support🚀🙏🧪😷!

Great talks at #SILASC by the #BRIDGES team yesterday Huge shout out to @docdondons & @Mr_A_GT with some great research from their PhDs💥💥💥📚🤓👨🏽‍⚕️👩🏽‍⚕️

Excited (read nervous!) for this ⬇️

Organ Preservation and Survival by Clinical Response Grade in Patients With Rectal Cancer Treated With Total Neoadjuvant Therapy: A Secondary Analysis of the OPRA Randomized Clinical Trial | Oncology | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network

Important secondary analysis of the OPRA trial with a median f/u of 4 years. This provides important details from a landmark study, and can help guide patient counseling. Of note, it's not broken down to compare induction TNT to consolidation TNT. My analysis is long-winded,

keep your ears open for clinical MD/PhD opportunities in colorectal disease/surgery opening soon in the mersey area. Message for details @dalevim

Happy 2024! Thrilled to share that my first-author paper, stemming form my PhD project, has been published @JMolBiol. Feel free to reach out for any questions. Thank you to my supervisors for helping out and making this possible. https://t.co/5eoAQcAH6G

Is the risk of distant metastasis higher in those rectal cancer pts undergoing surgery for local regrowth compare to those undergoing upfront surgery for near complete response after chemoradiation? Find out in #DCRJournal: https://t.co/SjMTBdoL7W @Swexner @me4_so @ACPGBI

Just saw this rectal cancer study in @JAMAOnc – lots to digest. Despite absolute 50% drop (87% to 37%) in use of neoadjuvant RT for lower risk (cT1-3, N0-1, MRF-) rectal cancers from 2011 to 2016, no difference in local recurrence & survival improved. https://t.co/fbjPyAvATu

🔥The EAGLE study is out! Evaluation of a quality improvement intervention to reduce anastomotic leak following right colectomy (EAGLE): pragmatic, batched stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized trial in 64 countries ➡️ https://t.co/9mzJWs7tMZ By the ESCP EAGLE Safe Anastomosis

I remember some radiologists asking for my GMC number and asking me to type on the request “I take responsibility if contrast causes AKI” as a F2, to get a contrast CT scan done. It’s taken a long time despite the evidence being there for years.

Kicking off the day at the NorthWest Advanced Colorectal! @NWcolorectal @matthewthfok @dalevim

A nice concise summary of ventral hernia practice

Time to start performing more elective resections for diverticulitis ….? https://t.co/3uumfEn26x

Correction: Doctors should not HAVE to strike. There, fixed it for you.

https://t.co/iOs0ne9z86

I’m shocked Junior Doctors are on a £14 hourly wage? I find that mind blowing, considering I wasn’t far behind that teaching Boxercise classes in the early noughties. Are you shocked by this? The Dr’s pay that is, not the Boxercise? #JuniorDoctorsStrike

just over a month until NW Advanced colorectal research day in the wonderful spine conference centre. Over half available tickets now sold. dont miss! £20 only for the day! https://t.co/L1I41BViyW

This will become the norm rather than the exception - Effect of Prehabilitation on Postoperative Complications and Functional Capacity for Colorectal Cancer Surgery https://t.co/zvJC73pPWC? @lawrenceleemd @SAGES_Updates @lianefeldman @FergaljFleming @ErasSociety

Amen brother 🙏🏿