Patrick McGuire
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Volunteering and fundraising for @CR_UK. CRUK Ambassador of the Year. All views my own https://t.co/ydfGZRWFXW
Oxford, England
Joined September 2009
Every day, 450 people die from cancer. On 16 March, 2007, one of those people was Pam – my wife. I volunteer for @CR_UK for her, and today I have sent a letter asking @BorisJohnson to invest in our NHS, so that others don’t have to go through the same devastating experience
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Tune in and Stand Up To Cancer with us on @Channel4 tonight at 7:30
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🎙️ Team Mutographs has been featured on the latest episode of The Rest is Science podcast, produced by @CR_UK . In the episode, @FryRsquared and Michael Stevens (aka @tweetsauce) discuss how the #CancerGrandChallenges team are using cutting-edge mutational epidemiology to
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If you are aged 55-75 and a former or current smoker, it’s important to attend the Lung Health Check when you get your invite in the post - even if you feel well. See: https://t.co/ro5Mf14NqZ
#earlydetection #GMLungHealthCheck @LungHealthCheck @OxfordOncology @dartlunghealth
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📢 New Impact Report from SPECIFICANCER, the #CancerGrandChallenges team unravelling one of cancer biology’s hardest puzzles: tissue specificity. A huge thank you to the entire SPECIFICANCER team for their bold science, and to all our funders for enabling this endeavour. Thanks
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Professor Sarah Blagden shares cutting-edge precision prevention research at Oxford in new Channel 4 Documentary
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Over the past year, Professor Blagden has been filming for Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures, a new three-part documentary series from Channel 4 which follows three scientists on the front lines...
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Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures review – this vaccine documentary is so inspirational it’ll make you weep
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The tale of Prof Sarah Blagden’s attempt to find a treatment that stops the disease is the rarest of things – TV that makes you dare to hope
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40" Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures. Thursday 9pm on Channel 4 https://t.co/pAAKiHbI1B via @YouTube #ResearchIsWhereHopeStarts
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Inside the Human Gene Editing Boom Driven by CRISPR Reshaping Everything From Medicine to Food via @@zmescience
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CRISPR-based technology is advancing rapidly, driving international competition. Its promise to transform medicine is colliding with political and social realities, even as applications expand.
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🎙️ Could #vaccinations stop people from getting #cancer? What if we could stop cancer before it even starts? We chat to Prof Sarah Blagden @OxfordOncology & Anna Fry about some ground-breaking new research. 🎧 https://t.co/R4KjOKq1gt
@sarah_blagden @OxfordMedSci
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Ten Tests to Ensure The Cancer Plan Improves Lives | The King's Fund
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The upcoming cancer plan is a chance to turn ambition into real progress. Will it improve outcomes, reduce inequalities and put people at the heart of cancer care?
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Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK
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Successive governments criticised for doing ‘virtually nothing’ to reduce risk in the decade since cancer link found
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Co-op staff told to boost promotion of vapes after costly cyber-attack, document shows
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Exclusive: Approach complies with law but some workers question whether it contradicts standing as ‘ethical’ retailer
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Offer cancer patients exercise on NHS, major charity urges
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Maggie’s says embedding activities such as yoga, tai chi and Nordic walking into care could boost chances of survival
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Committee Stage of The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will kick off in the Lords on 27th October - an opportunity to help secure a smoke free future for our children. Making this a timely read👇 Illicit tobacco: facts, trends and industry tactics https://t.co/4XeAZxEiWX
#SmokefreeUK
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Illicit/illegal tobacco refers to any tobacco products sold illegally in the UK, including smuggled genuine products, duty-free cigarettes sold on the black market, and counterfeit or fake tobacco....
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Never ever ignore a patient’s words. She was 41, a drummer by passion. The kind of woman who could carry10-15 kg drums on her shoulders, perform for 1–2 hours straight in concerts, and still go home to finish her chores. Strong, lively, unstoppable. Until one month ago — her
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Colon cancer is on the rise among young people – and research points to one major culprit
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If smoking was the cancer villain of the 20th century, eating ultra-processed food may be its 21st-century counterpart, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of...
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Very proud to be Chair of Cancer Grand Challenges Patient Advocacy Panel on this short video announcing the shortlist of new challenges https://t.co/WWp1HNfWc4
@CancerGrand @CR_UK
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Three in four English hospitals failing to hit two cancer targets in league tables
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Exclusive: Cancer experts declare ‘national emergency’ as hospitals miss targets on diagnosis and starting treatment
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Here we go! Final event of #Bridge2ABetterFuture challenge for @CR_UK A token 1k from me following surgery and the full 25k & 16 bridges for @DuncombeSue Thanks for all your support and donations https://t.co/dfkTx2aCee
#TogetherWeAreBeatingCancer
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