SHORE-C at International Psychosocial Oncology Society conference
Drs Helena Harder and Val Shilling attended the 3-day International Psychosocial Oncology Society conference in Maastricht, the Netherlands. They presented posters and a short verbal presentation from the PEATY and IMPACTOR studies which looked at quality of life impacts and sided effects of abemaciclib and endocrine treatment for women with breast cancer.
News item posted 08/10/2024
Professor Lesley Fallowfield presents at Novartis Breast Cancer Nurses Conference
Professor Dame Lesley Fallowfield attended the Novartis Breast Cancer Nurses Conference in Birmingham, where she presented on the topic of metastatic breast cancer titled 'Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer: Difficult conversations'. Additionally, she led an interactive presentation titled 'They just don't know what to say or do', exploring how friends and family can better support those living with metastatic breast cancer.
News item posted 04/10/2024
Professors Fallowfield and Jenkins facilitate the TARGET2 Workshop
Professors Fallowfield and Jenkins facilitated the 'Talking About Risk in the Context of Genomic Tests' (TARGET) educational programme in Brighton. The workshop focuses on improving communication skills for all health care professionals working with breast cancer patients, particularly in relaying results from the Oncotype and Prosigna genomic tests. There are more workshops scheduled for 2025, for more information please click here.
News item posted 04/10/2024
Professor Lesley Fallowfield at the Controversies In Breast Cancer Conference
Professor Dame Lesley Fallowfield attended the Controversies in Breast Cancer (CoBrCa) in Edinburgh and chaired the symposium titled 'What is the true utility of Genomic Testing in Early Breast Cancer? A closer look at intrinsic subtyping and Prosigna', presenting on 'How well do healthcare professionals and patients understand the information provided by genomic test reports?' and 'Managing oestrogen deprivation effects of therapy: Real world patient'.
News item posted 30/09/2024
SHORE-C at the ICPV Conference
Professors Fallowfield and Jenkins recently attended the two-day Summer School at Sussex, for the Independent Cancer Patients' Voice, which was funded by ComSkills. They presented on the topic "The Robot Will See You Now," discussing technological advances in communication within healthcare. Research Fellow Rachel Starkings also participated, presenting on "Bodyswaps," a virtual learning tool designed to help navigate difficult conversations. Additionally, Dr. Val Shilling gave a presentation on "How Patients Have Helped Shape and Implement Patient-Reported Outcome Measures."
News item posted 04/09/2024
New Work Experience
Lewis has joined the SHORE-C team this week for work experience. Some of his roles include archiving publications, paper management and creating resources for an upcomimg conference.
News item posted 21/08/2024
New Article for TRUSTING Published
Professor Valerie Jenkins and colleagues, have published a new article titled 'Roll-out of an educational workshop to improve knowledge and self-confidence of healthcare professionals engaged in mainstreaming of breast cancer genetics'. The paper focuses on improving health care professionals' knowledge, communication and self confidence in breast cancer genetics through the use of TRUSTING (Talking about Risk & uncertainties of Testing in Genetics) educational materials, delivered by skilled facilitators in small group workshops. The article can be found here
News item posted 26/07/2024
Professor Fallowfield at the Secondary Breast Cancer Summit
Professor Dame Lesley Fallowfield and Dr. Val Shilling recently attended the Secondary Breast Cancer Summit in Liverpool, the UK's first national patient-focused conference on metastatic breast cancer. Professor Fallowfield presented 'They Just Don't Know What to Say or Do' based on the LIMBER study, a guide made for family and friends of those living with metastatic breast cancer.
News item posted 12/07/2024
Professor Lesley Fallowfield at Sussex Cancer Research Centre Launch
Professor Dame Lesley Fallowfield recently attended the Sussex Cancer Research Launch at the ACCA and delivered a presentation titled "Measuring what matters most to patients", highlighting the importance of focusing on patient-centered outcomes in cancer research.
News item posted 26/06/2024
Double congratulations to Mrs Starkings!
Our research fellow, Rachel Starkings, has had an exciting few weeks. Not only did she get married at the end of May, she also completed her postgraduate diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy, finding out last week that she has passed with a distinction! Many congratulations from us all.
News item posted 25/06/2024
SHORE-C at the UK Oncology Forum
Last week the SHORE-C team attended the UK Oncology Forum in Brighton. Professor Val Jenkins gave a presentation on LIMBER - LIving with Metastatic Breast CanceER - survey results and outputs, including details of 2 information films produced for friends and family (They just don't know what to say or do) and healthcare professionals. Professor Dame Lesley Fallowfield chaired an interactive session on information exchanges between oncologists and their patients, drawing on the results of the LIMBER study.
News item posted 18/06/2024