Body Composition manipulation in CoLorectal cancEr keeping you up to date on the latest research on cancer’s effect on the body’s muscle and fat & vice versa
Another great PelvEx meeting has come to an end but don’t worry if you missed it. Live streamed content has been recorded and will be available to enjoy soon. Thanks to everyone for making it such an enjoyable event @PelvexLondon24@ACPGBI@ARCHIVEBand@KennedySinger@EMBurns2017
We are so excited to be hosting Pelvex in London this year. We are looking forward to vibrant discussions with pelvic exenteration community. See you in London. Register now.
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The @StMarksHospital Complex Colorectal Cancer Clinic delivering the first PM session Frontiers session today. "There are no solutions, only tradeoffs." @PelvExGroup
@ioannadrami presenting a feasibility study using @VoronoiHealth's deep learning platform DAFS to measure pelvic cavity volume. Could preoperative pelvic cavity volume be a predictor of empty pelvis syndrome post exenteration?
Finally, a massive thanks you to everyone who has donated to my paged. The current amount raised has exceed my target >2.5x! Any further donations to this fantastic cause would be greatly appreciated; please click on the link at the start of this thread.
@curebowelcancer (40tude) are directly funding some amazing ongoing projects at @StMarksHospital aimed at early detection and treatment. If adventure and colorectal oncology are your passions, I highly recommend getting involved with future 40tude challenges.
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What a mentally and physically humbling, yet fantastically satisfying week in the Romanian Transylvanian mountains, scaling five 2000m+ peaks in 3 days with @tribaltrack to raise money for @curebowelcancer (40tude)
Further challenges highlighted.
1. Most scans do not span the whole body; does regional volumetric body composition offer additional benefit to single CT slices?
2. New cut-offs for abnormal BC are required.
3. Who can be considered an expert ground truth labeller?
SCWD is conducting a global interprofessional assessment of the educational needs and professional practice gaps in cancer cachexia. Results to be published in JCSM. Support this research project and take the survey https://t.co/zGZSeQQNUK