Richard Sullivan
@SullivanProf
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Cancer, Conflict and Global Health
United Kingdom
Joined May 2015
New insights from Access Cancer Care India program ( https://t.co/6HhGumjItU) - the poverty of national cancer plan implimentation. See doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2025-10875 @WHO
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Op ed led by Dr Steven Bradley examining how a new England National Cancer Plan could and should embrace wider vision of innovation
bmj.com
NHS could pioneer on collaborative, innovative approaches Healthcare systems that develop and implement national cancer plans deliver better outcomes for patients than those with none.1 A successful...
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here's a critique of our future health by me and buddy @deb_cohen free access in the BMJ
bmj.com
The UK’s flagship health research programme promises breakthroughs, but beneath an NHS branded facade, critics are asking who really benefits from this vast database, heavily backed by industry and...
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#SPHN advisor Prof Richard Sullivan & committee member @AulaAb quoted in this World Report piece by Rebecca Sers in @TheLancet on the 'Environmental Impacts of #Coflict' with examples from #Syria, #Ukraine & #Gaza Read here: https://t.co/zljoqy2XBk
@UNEP @ceobs_org @pax @WHO
thelancet.com
Often overlooked as a dimension of the health effects of war, the impacts of conflict on the environment are gaining increasing attention. Rebecca Sers reports.
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Novel cell therapies to treat solids cancers will be a huge challenge to EU health systems; cost, accessibility and clinical expertise will need to be carefully traded off. Here we describe a model to help policymakers do just that. https://t.co/c7TxhenieL
@ASCO @AACR @myESMO
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Timely update on surgical health policy; progress has been made but there are still multiple, interlocking issues. Will the new global health architecture address these? https://t.co/E3cBAQqQt1
@WHO @WorldBank
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The financial toxicity associated with surgical cancer treatment in LMICs is a profound and under-recognized barrier to achieving equitable cancer care. https://t.co/mO3viqojgC🔐
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Zambian national cancer registry, active global collaboration and mindful adoption of technology are 3 facilitators to build on. Our recommended priorities and strategies tiered by individual, organisational and institutional stakeholders ⬇️
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Excellent article 'The Catch in Catching Cancer Early' from @DrSidMukherjee in the @NewYorker discussing the promise of #early #cancer #detection and the experience with #GRAIL in @NHSuk
@SullivanProf @oncology_bg @pash22 @EricTopol @sarah_blagden
https://t.co/IbQ8r5Wy0E.
newyorker.com
New blood tests promise to detect malignancies before they’ve spread. But proving that these tests actually improve outcomes remains a stubborn challenge.
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In a new review article for @TheLancetOncol, we highlight the lasting impact of war on cancer care in Iraq, focusing on patterns of cross-border care. With co-authors @omar_dewachi, @MulaHussain, @SullivanProf, @gmbowsher & Loma al-Mansouri. Open access: https://t.co/XbbZpa6lpR
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Outstanding work by Chris Booth and colleagues - major impact - and showing just what non pharmaceutical interventions can actually achieve!! @WHO @ASCO @myESMO
Wonderful to see this out in the @NEJM today. Structured exercise improves survival in colon cancer! Do come to see #ChrisBooth present in hall B1 at 4 30 PM today @ASCO
https://t.co/HmG1Stl2SV
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Welcome update on global diagnostics - progress but still a lot of work to be done - humanitarian/conflict settings, shaping markets for cancer diagnostics etc https://t.co/Y22cyj2wQu
@WHO @wef @WorldBank
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High resolution cancer services, systems and demographic mapping for Mexico - exactly the sort of high resolution detail needed for policy & planning. https://t.co/u5cP1PuyZH
@pahowho @theNCI @WHO
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Great work by GACD funded Access Cancer Care India program ( https://t.co/6HhGumjaEm) on CHW intervention barriers for cancer early detection programs https://t.co/GsA1VH0muF
@WHO @IARCWHO @gacd_media @palliumindia
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The reality for uninsured patients with breast cancer in the USA - policies are not fit for purpose despite 30 years of advocacy and legislation https://t.co/ow6sLaE2oE
@ASCO @theNCI
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Involvement of varied, disparate stakeholders in the provision of breast cancer care for the uninsured in the United States has led to the development of a fragmented care pathway for screening,...
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The UK cancer care system is at critical breaking point, experts have warned @SullivanProf and other researchers have penned an article for @TheLancetOncol calling for radical action to head off financial pressures https://t.co/gkHRYhpIa4
kcl.ac.uk
Leading cancer experts have warned that the UK cancer care system is facing a critical breaking point, in a call for radical action to head off deepening financial pressures.
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More from Brazil-UK health security collaboration - One Health tropical wetlands: a transdisciplinary framework for assessing the risks of emerging zoonotic diseases in the Brazilian Pantanal https://t.co/k36ItfhRIZ via @academia @KCLSecurity @pahowho
academia.edu
This continuous degradation and fragmentation of the ecosystem increases interactions between animals and humans (including indigenous peoples and local communities) further increasing disease risks...
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Health disinformation remains a potent weapon in hybrid conflicts. https://t.co/r8Dx5KVrav
@KCLSecurity @DSD_Kings @WHO @CGDev
thelancet.com
A recent Editorial rightly raises the issue of misinformation and disinformation as a threat to public health.1 Our experience working in health security in conflict settings echoes this sentiment....
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