Jessica Pearce

NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow + Medical Oncology Registrar. Interest in frailty. Also 🪴🏃‍♀️🚴‍♀️

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

✳️ PUBLISHED: UK guidance on implementing frailty assessment and management in oncology services ✳️

A must-read for anyone involved in the care of adults with cancer across the diagnosis and treatment pathway

⬇️ Aim, sections and key messages ⬇️

[Richard Simcock @BreastDocUK]

Frailty Assessment and Management in Oncology Services

A "Why" and a "How" guideline

Published by @RCRadiologists today with input from @macmillancancer @SIOGorg @GeriSoc

Frailty is everyone's business
#gerionc

https://t.co/Ms2mpnOsKm

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

With this in mind, in a @LeedsHospitals oncology project we have re-named our frailty assessment as a 'wellbeing assessment' - much better received by patients - but we're still figuring out how to best discuss frailty with patients once identified @dswinson3 @sherena_nair

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

Interesting piece in this month's BMJ about #frailty needing re-branding. It is an important concept medically but patients do not relate to it - a key barrier to frailty-informed care in #gerionc @FabioGomes_Go @nicolobattisti @majbaxter @antheasaif @Ng_Cass @YoungSIOG

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Does #frailty need a new name?

.@saahopkins and colleagues consider the pros and cons of renaming frailty and recommend greater inclusion of older people in deciding how best to talk about the condition
https://t.co/einX7XJfqA

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

Potential themes for study

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

3 PhD scholarships available from the Reimagine Aging Network at @UniversityLeeds to improve QoL, functional capacity and wellbeing of older people @HorizonsLeeds @DunhillMedical @AUASResearch @SIOGorg @GeriSoc @LeedsFrailtyEd @ACTION_Leeds
More:
https://t.co/mNcmECQjm7

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

⬇️ Fantastic opportunity for someone to undertake a #PhD looking at optimising geriatric oncology undergraduate #MedEd ⬇️ #gerionc @BONUSOncSoc @ACPUK @FabioGomes_Go @nicolobattisti @Ng_Cass @DrSallyMartin @ACTION_Leeds @sherena_nair @LeedsFrailtyEd @GeriSoc @asmeofficial

[Kwok-Leung Cheung @kwokleungcheung]

@SIOGorg UK Country Group has been waiting for this opportunity. If interested in #PhD in #gerionc undergraduate medical curriculum pl apply for Studentship @MedicineUoN
@YoungSIOG @ruthmparks
@majbaxter @MalcolmReedBSMS @BONUSOncSoc https://t.co/Xo5TT9TP0N

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

@anitakumar23 @AnupaPillai_

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

Yet more evidence that simple frailty tools (inc CFS) have prognostic value in patients with cancer. So pleased to see this published - congratulations to @VanitaNoronha and the team at @TataMemorial
Read it for free until 19th April: https://t.co/oTKxsoOkXO

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

Key finding: "Patients fit on CFS (CFS 1–2) had a median survival of 28.02 months, pre-frail (CFS 3–4) 13.24 months, and frail (CFS ≥5) 7.79 months (p < 0.001)." - valuable info for interpreting CFS scores cancer patients @dswinson3 @AlastairGreyst2 @mary_denholm @FabioGomes_Go

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

Yet more evidence that simple frailty tools (inc CFS) have prognostic value in patients with cancer. So pleased to see this published - congratulations to @VanitaNoronha and the team at @TataMemorial
Read it for free until 19th April: https://t.co/oTKxsoOkXO

[Sally Martin @DrSallyMartin]

@colki1983 @SIOGorg @RCRadiologists @antheasaif @Ng_Cass Great line up of talks and speakers 💜

[Richard Simcock @BreastDocUK]

Grateful @GeriSoc for keeping cancer in older adults literally and figuratively on the agenda

Great session to be in at #BGSconf : sessions from @SIOGorg President @nicolobattisti and system updates from @FabioGomes_Go @Dr_LucyD @dswinson3

Prehab / Research / Guidance

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

@sandradyer_05 100%!! Assessment of frailty should start as soon as a patient presents with cancer symptoms (often in primary care!) + community teams have a key role in holistic care for patients affected by both cancer and frailty

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

@BreastDocUK @RCRadiologists @macmillancancer @SIOGorg @GeriSoc Theres been a beautiful rebranding on the @RCRadiologists and things have been moved around a little - here's the new direct link to the guidance: https://t.co/1M5PFAHWjZ

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

@BarrottLisa @SurreySussexCA Fantastic to have the platform to give an introduction to frailty assessment and management in the #UKONS2023 workshop today! More in the new guidance https://t.co/1M5PFAHWjZ (+ appendix 5 signposts to frailty training/resources for anyone interested in learning more!)

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

Thank you so much to @UKONSmember @VernaLavender @BarrottLisa + Debbie for including+ facilitating a breakout session on frailty assessment at #UKONS2023 - it's fantastic to see growing interest in #frailty and #gerionc, which are increasingly making it onto the national agenda!

[UKONS @UKONSmember]

Breakout sessions completed #UKONS2023 Dr Ng, Dr Pearce, Debbie & @BarrottLisa

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

Thank you so much to everyone that joined our frailty assessment workshop at #UKONS2023. If you missed it, fear not - you can check out our new UK guidance which outlines 'why' and 'how' to assess and manage frailty oncology online at: https://t.co/1M5PFAHWjZ

[Lisa barrott @BarrottLisa]

Excellent session on importance of frailty assessments in cancer care & the vital role of the MDT, with Dr Cassandra Ng & Dr Jess Pearce #UKONS2023 ⁦@UHSussex⁩ ⁦@SurreySussexCA⁩

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

⬇️ A lovely simple summary of what frailty is and what it means for those that are living with it ⬇️

[LeedsFrailtyEducation @LeedsFrailtyEd]

Want to understand what frailty is, in just 3 minutes? The first in our series of videos on tik tok. Full video here https://t.co/lmDoELld3R

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

@NeilPasricha Yes! On a mission to unsubscribe from personal spam I have inadvertently signed up to, but even in my uni inbox I am inundated with academic spam (invites to present at conferences and submit to journals) - it is increasingly difficult to differentiate between real and fake!

[Jessica Pearce @Jess_Pearce_]

Check out the oncogeriatrics stream at the @GeriSoc autumn meeting. I'm honoured to be presenting the JCCO frailty guidance, and sharing the stage with an impressive line-up of UK + international leaders in #gerionc @nicolobattisti @FabioGomes_Go @BreastDocUK @dswinson3 @Ng_Cass

[British Geriatrics Society @GeriSoc]

If you're interested in this new guidance about frailty assessment and management in oncology, then you'll probably also be interested in the oncogeriatrics stream at our autumn meeting. It's not too late to register for in person or online attendance. https://t.co/If7YxWt7Sm

[British Geriatrics Society @GeriSoc]

If you're interested in this new guidance about frailty assessment and management in oncology, then you'll probably also be interested in the oncogeriatrics stream at our autumn meeting. It's not too late to register for in person or online attendance. https://t.co/If7YxWt7Sm