Katie Biscombe

NIHR Research Fellow/Medical Statistician, Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit at The Institute of Cancer Research, London

[Katie Biscombe @BiscombeKatie]

Heard another good quote whilst on a training course today: all (mathematical) models are wrong, but some are useful

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Virologist Dr. Beata Halassy self-treated her recurrent breast cancer by injecting the tumour with viruses she grew in her own lab.
Since her own treatment she has been cancer free for 4 years.

[Katie Biscombe @BiscombeKatie]

Heard a good quote today: "Statistical analysis has a single goal – to make sense of raw data."

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We are looking for a new Trial Statistician/Senior Trial Statistician to join our team. If you're interested in this role or know someone who might be, please see the link below for more details. #ResearchJobs

https://t.co/UcmFppT6Qs

[MR-Linac Consortium @mr_linac]

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 Dr. Alison Tree shares insights on 2-fraction prostate treatment. Catch the latest clinical results from the HERMES trial at the upcoming MR-Linac consortium meeting. Stay tuned! @alison_tree @Xristodouleas @royalmarsdenNHS @ICR_London

[Katie Biscombe @BiscombeKatie]

@ictmc2024 in Edinburgh! Always enjoy the clinical trials methodology conference and getting to present my fellowship work.

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@OssianLongoria @ICR_CTSU @NIHRStatistics Thanks @OssianLongoria ! 😊

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Our new trial, WISER-P, recently opened to enrolment. Led by @Prof_DM_Koh and Dr @NPortaStat and funded by @NIHRresearch, it is investigating #MedicalImaging for advanced #ProstateCancer.

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Last week, our #MedicalStatistician @BiscombeKatie attended the @NIHRStatistics Conference to presented her poster and rapid-fire talk on methodological challenges in running clinical studies. She also co-ran a breakout session with Liz Hensor from Leeds and Sue Mallett from UCL.

[Katie Biscombe @BiscombeKatie]

Had a wonderful time presenting our work at the @NIHRStatistics Conference 2024 alongside Liz Hensor and Sue Mallett.

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@alison_tree @ICRharry @ICR_CTSU @NIHRresearch @NPortaStat @EmmaHall71 @UniversityLeeds Thank you Alison 😊

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@ICRharry @ICR_CTSU @NIHRresearch @NPortaStat @EmmaHall71 @UniversityLeeds Thanks Harry! 😊

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Congratulations to our statistician Katie Biscombe who has received a @NIHRresearch pre-doctoral fellowship. She will be working with @NPortaStat, Prof @EmmaHall71 and Dr Hensor @UniversityLeeds on methodological research of studies that incorporate imaging at their core.

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Great to present my poster on co-designing a study with PPI at @ictmc2022 today! With @ICR_CTSU

[Ben Kolbington @thebenkolb]

Great privilege to have @ethansgrumps, @ProstateUK Ambassador, speaking to us here at @ICR_London today! He's on our #Sutton site where some of the world's leading #ProstateCancer research is happening.

Thank you @AdamSharpMedOnc for hosting!

[Katie Biscombe @BiscombeKatie]

Great to explore The Netherlands with @CharismaHy ! 🇳🇱

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@NIHRresearch @CRUKCamCentre @CUH_NHS @AnnaKirby17 @JudithBliss15 PARABLE will investigate if proton beam therapy reduces any long-term effects of treatment without increasing short-term side effects and aims to enrol 192 people in the UK: https://t.co/cHmaFWKvHc

[Alison Tree 💙 @alison_tree]

Nice piece by @byFionaMacRae describing the expanding legacy of David Dearnaley @ICR_London @ICR_CTSU We are all standing on the shoulders of giants. Thanks to the JP Moulton foundation too, for funding HERMES. @royalmarsdenNHS

[The ICR @ICR_London]

📢 The ICR's and @royalmarsdenNHS' PACE-B trial showed that using advanced radiotherapy called SBRT to deliver precise treatment over a short time frame in #ProstateCancer, didn't lead to worse side effects compared to standard #Radiotherapy 👇
https://t.co/h87xX9zHxR

[Alyssa Vanderbeek @VanderbeekAM]

Years ago someone said to me that programmers are just expert Googlers and I don't think they were wrong