Make2ndsCount Patient Summit
Prof Dame Lesley Fallowfield had an important role in organising the recent Make2ndsCount Patient Summit in Liverpool. This unique 3-day event is held entirely for patients with metastatic breast cancer, over 100 of whom attended in person with 400 watching on-line. The summit had an innovative line up of excellent speakers providing updates on new treatments, clinical trials, genomics, and management of side-effects together with sessions on sexual well-being, nutrition and exercise. Prof Fallowfield held an 'In Conversation' session with Ashley Dalton MP , Under-secretary of State for Public Health & Prevention and Liz O'Riordan, former breast cancer surgeon and award-winning Author & Podcaster, both of whom spoke candidly about their own breast cancer diagnoses and treatment. The meeting is an inspiring, heart-warming and humbling event unlike any other conference that academics usually speak at. As those on the dance-floor after the conference dinner demonstrated, people can and do continue to live well with advanced disease.
News item posted 24/06/2025
POSNOC poster at the Association of Breast Surgery (ABS) Annual Conference
The POSNOC Study completed recruitment in July 2021 with 1900 participants randomised from the UK, Australia and New Zealand. <br/> POSNOC is now in follow-up and participants will complete SHORE-C quality of life questionnaires until July 2026. <br/> An interactive poster summarising hospitals and recruitment was presented at the ABS annual conference in Birmingham on the 19-20th May 2025.<br/> Click here to see full size poster
News item posted 04/06/2025
SHORE-C PI Chairs at the EORTC Conference
Principal Research Fellow Sally Wheelwright was invited to co-chair at the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) conference in Barcelona. This was the 6th EORTC Quality of Life in Cancer Clinical Trials conference and talks covered topics such as health related quality of life, patient-reported outcomes, and how these measurements are used in clinical cancer research. <br/> Dr Wheelwright chaired the session "Current developments in EORTC measurement tools and their use in cancer clinical research". This conference ran from the 12th to 13th May, 2025. Conference Details
News item posted 12/05/2025
TARGET Workshop Helps Clinicians Talk About Genomic Tests
SHORE-C carried out another successful workshop in Bournemouth this April! Lesley Fallowfield and Val Jenkins facilitated this workshop, which brought health professionals together to learn more about discussing genomic testing. TARGET helps clinicians identify the different types of patients and how to communicate with them about their risk levels in the context of genomic testing. By identifying anxious and non-anxious patients and how receptiveness for uncertainty informs a patients desire for treatments, we can help tailor more effective communication about risk of recurrence.
News item posted 01/05/2025
Good Luck Rachel!
Research Assistant Rachel Hunter has left the SHORE-C team to start her training at medical school! Rachel has been working with SHORE-C since April 2024 and has been instrumental on projects researching Haematological Cancer and Multiple Myeloma. We wish Rachel the best of luck with her training; she will be a fantastic doctor!
News item posted 23/04/2025
SHORE-C Attends BPOS Conference
Researchers Dr Valerie Shilling and Rachel Starkings attended the British Psychosocial Oncology Society (BPOS) 2025 Annual Conference in Manchester this march. They presented a poster on their pilot study "Navigating Angry Conversations". This pilot uses a virtual reality software developed by the Royal Society of Medicine, to help doctors and medical students identify anger signals in patients and diffuse this anger whilst remaining calm and empathetic. Their poster was very well received, and they are looking forward to continuing this research. You can read this pilot study's findings here
News item posted 03/04/2025
Welcome Peter!
This week we are happy to have welcomed our new Admin Assistant, Peter Long, to the team. He will be in the front office with Pheobe and will likely be the one to answer your call if you give us ring.
News item posted 21/02/2025
Newly formed Women's Cancers Group at SCRC
SHORE-C are proud to be part of the Sussex Cancer Research Centre's newly formed group on breast and gynaecological cancer! <br/> Sussex Cancer Research Centre
News item posted 19/02/2025
Dame Lesley panellist at Westminster for End of Life Bill
Prof Dame Lesley Fallowfield was an invited panellist presenting information and evidence to an all Party group of MPs about Dr-pt communication issues surrounding discussion of prognosis and end-of-life issues relevant to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. This is a controversial bill brought before Parliament by MP Kim Leadbeater and is currently being discussed by a cross party select committee of MPs. It faces many more months of debate and scrutiny with amendments before being put before both Houses of Parliament who may not pass it into law.
News item posted 12/02/2025
New publication for Navigating Angry Conversations Pilot Study
Our new publication reports findings from a pilot study looking at the feasibility and acceptability of virtual learning in communication skills training. The pilot study looked specifically at the learning module 'Navigating Angry Conversations', a module developed by Professor Dame Lesley Fallowfield with the Royal Society of Medicine and BodySwaps.<br/> To read more about this virtual reality training programme for doctors and medical students, see the articles on the<a href= "https://staff.sussex.ac.uk/news/article/61304-using-virtual-reality-to-navigate-difficult-conversations" class="contained"> University of Sussex</a> and <a href="https://www.rsm.ac.uk/media-releases/2023/doctors-to-harness-virtual-reality-to-master-navigating-difficult-conversations" class="contained">Royal Society of Medicine</a> websites.<br/> Read the pilot study findings here
News item posted 06/02/2025
Welcome Phoebe!
We are very pleased to introduce our new Senior Administrator Phoebe Day-Lloyd. She joined the team here at Shore-C this week, from UCL where she worked on an HIV research project. <br/> You will be able to find her in our reception office, so if you are passing do stop by and say hello!
News item posted 13/01/2025