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Join us for this episode where we explore Head and Neck cancers and their treatment.

This is a group of cancers from the mouth to the vocal cords and make up the 8th most common group of cancers in the UK.

Almost 13000 cases happen each year in the UK.

We discuss the major role that radiotherapy plays and the process and side effects.

Teamwork is a major component of Head and Neck cancer therapy.

We also discuss how immunotherapy has a role in advanced Head & Neck cancer.

A must listen for anyone supporting or being treated for Head & Neck cancer.

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Welcome back for our 2nd part of our radiotherapy update on breast cancer.

We finish our discussion with Professor Mark Beresford who is Chair of the UK Breast Group.

We discuss the timing of radiotherapy around breast reconstruction.

We look at situations where we treat other areas such and above the collar bone (supraclavicular) or central area (internal mammary) areas.

We examine when radiotherapy may be offered after mastectomy.

We also look at when we may be able to avoid using radiotherapy after breast surgery in low risk cases.

Another must listen.

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Join us for the first part of this 2 part masterclass in breast radiotherapy.

Breast radiotherapy is a major component of breast cancer treatment. It forms a large part of all radiotherapy delivered across cancer centres.

After removal of a breast tumour radiotherapy is offered to reduce the chance of local relapse of the cancer.

We talk to Professor Mark Beresford who is chair of the UK Breast Group about how breast radiotherapy has gone from 5 weeks of treatment to 1 week.

We talk about side effects and when we offer an extra radiotherapy boost to the area the tumour was.

We also discuss radiotherapy for reducing the risk of disease in the axilla (armpit) and the current surgery versus radiotherapy debate for that area.

This is a must listen for anyone wanting to learn more about breast radiotherapy.

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Join us for the 2nd part of our discussion with Dr Olubukola (Bookie) Ayodele on health inequities in cancer care.

We look at potential steps to promote health equity.

Bookie introduces the concept of 'Cultural Competency' in helping health professionals discuss the very challenging topic that is cancer.

We hear how biological difference in blood results can play role in excluding back patients from certain chemotherapy trials.

We think about the stepwise change and education needed to make healthcare more accessible to all.

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Join us for this Simply Oncology podcast episode on Health Inequites in the UK with Dr Olubukola Ayodele.
🎙️We discuss the challenges in delivering equitable cancer care across all patients in the UK.
🎙️we hear a recent report stating that black women with breast cancer have 30%higher mortality than equivalent Caucasian women in theUK!
🎙️This is not just an issue for low and middle income countries!

We need to Mind the Gap and Bridge the Gap.

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Join us for our second part of our discussions with the excellent Professor Ananya Choudhury where we discuss the option of bladder preserving treatment in muscle invasive bladder cancer.

In this episode we hear Ananya's views on new Antibody Drug Conjugate trials being used as an alternative to radiotherapy in a bladder 'preservation' strategy.

She is clear that this is experimental only at this stage and does not meet any true definition of bladder preservation in her view.

A fascinating and enjoyable discussion around all aspects of muscle invasive bladder cancer.

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Role that ADCs may have on bladder preservation.

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Join us for this episode focusing on the role of radiotherapy in the treatment of bladder cancer. We talk to leading bladder radiotherapy expert Professor Ananya Choudhury.

Ananya is passionate about all things bladder cancer related and discusses her views on bladder preservation and radiotherapy.

She makes a strong case for bladder radiotherapy in muscle invasive bladder cancer versus surgery and we review the evidence.

We also talk about the use of 'plan of the day' and on set imaging in radiotherapy.

This is a fascinating insight from a world expert in bladder cancer.

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Join us in this second part of discussing resilience and burnout and oncology with Professor Susana Banerjee.

In our last episode we looked at the ESMO Resilience Taskforce and what institutions should do to improve resilience.

In this episode we discuss what can help us on an individual level.

A lot of it comes down to a feeling of job satisfaction.

That can be having some variety to maintain interest and keeping the parts of the job that we value at our core.

Susie shares some personal views that echo this view in this episode.

We hope you enjoy.