This blog supports the Twitter Oncology Journal Club. It was created by the Macmillan Education Team and the Library & Knowledge Service Team at The Royal Surrey County Hospital. Staff will be able to access articles and questions relating to the monthly discussion topic ahead of the planned Journal Club session on Twitter.
Tuesday 20 November 2018
Tuesday 14 August 2018
Oncology Journal Club 25th September 2018
Article access (via OpenAthens)
Please read the article and consider the questions in time for the session.
Questions
1. “HNAs
should be undertaken at diagnosis and re-evaluated at strategic points in every
patient’s journey” as advised by Macmillan Cancer Support. Based on your
experience does this happen? Is it feasible? What would you consider strategic
points in the patient’s journey?
2. The
article states that “HNAs need to be meaningful to all involved, however, if
patients perceived their participation in the assessment as merely a tick-box
exercise, there was unlikely to be any discussion about identified areas of
distress”. Based on your experience do you agree/disagree with this statement
and why?
3. What
challenges have you experienced when completing HNAs within your area of care?
Are these similar to those identified within the article?
4. How
have you overcome these challenges? Did you feel the article highlighted
realistic solutions to the challenges faced by staff when completing HNAs?
5. What
training have you benefitted from to support you with implementing HNAs in your
area?
6. What
further training would you like to see to support you moving forward with
implementing HNAs.
Using Twitter at Work
We know that Twitter can be a daunting part of the social media landscape. It can however, be a very powerful and useful tool for maximising your professional and educational development. Come along to one of the 30 minute sessions to find out how it can benefit your professional practice.
Thursday 5 July 2018
#OncJnlClub Session Summary
Our second Oncology Journal Club was held on 12th June 2018 and was even more successful than the first! We held two sessions in the Library for those who wanted some Twitter support and to say hello.
You can access a summary of the chat via the link below.
Recent Advances in the Field of Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy - 12th June 2018
Thursday 7 June 2018
This month's topic is...
Recent advances in the field of anti-cancer immunotherapy.
Tuesday 12th June
12:15 - 13:00
13:15 - 14:00
You can access the article below. Please contact the Library via email, or on our Twitter page if you have any questions.
Article
Discussion Points
- Based on the evidence of this article what future implications do you think immunotherapy will have for our patients?
- What benefits do you feel immunotherapy offers patients versus current chemotherapy regimes?
- What impact do you feel this will have on the current workforce?
- In your current role, what role do you feel immunotherapy may play as a form of treatment for your patients?
- What impact do you feel immunotherapy will have on the current care you deliver to your patients?
- Did you feel that the article presented relevant evidence supporting the recent advances in immunotherapy?
Thursday 10 May 2018
Topic: The impact of Aspirin on the reduction of the recurrence of bowel cancer.
Tuesday 15th May
10:30 - 11:15 & 12:00 - 12:45
Article access
If you have not already done so, you will need to register for an OpenAthens account to be able to access the article. There is a link to the registration form on the right. Please contact the Library if you have any problems.
Examining the impact of regular aspirin use and PIK3CA mutations on survival in stage 2 colon cancer, Internal Medicine Journal, 2017 Jan;47(1):88-98.Discussion points
- Based on the evidence in this article, what future implications do you think there might be on practice for patients with a diagnosis of colorectal cancer?
- What potential impact do you think taking aspirin long term may have on patients? (both positive & negative)
- Do you believe taking aspirin amongst patients with a colorectal diagnosis will become mainstream treatment?
- What do you feel may be the future implications of this research?
- Could aspirin be used as a prophylactic measure for those who have a strong family history of colorectal cancer in their family prior to them receiving a diagnosis?
Aspirin & Bowel Cancer - Bowel Cancer UK
Clinical trials
Add Aspirin
This trial is looking at whether aspirin can help stop cancer coming back after treatment in people with early-stage cancer. It is recruiting new people to take part in the trial until the end of September 2021.
CaPP3
This trial is comparing different doses of aspirin, to see the effect on cancer risk in people with Lynch syndrome.
A study looking at whether aspirin and tricagrelar affects how cancer spreads
This study is looking at the effect of aspirin and a drug called ticagrelor on how cancer spreads. It is recruiting people with bowel cancer than has spread to another part of the body until 2 November 2019.
ASPIRE
This trial is looking to see if aspirin helps radiotherapy to work better in people having radiotherapy before surgery for rectal cancer. Recruitment ends on 31 May 2016.
How to Twitter Journal Club...
See our tips for joining #OncJnlClub below.
You can lurk, like, retweet or comment. It's a brilliant experience and a great way to network and share professional knowledge.
1. Follow @OncJnlClub on Twitter. Look out for the next meeting date and article access information.
2. Read the article! It will usually be via a link to OpenAthens (link in menu) on Twitter and on this blog one-two weeks before, with the topics for the chat and further reading. Please contact RSCH Library for assistance.
3. There will be a 10 minute warning before the session starts. Once it begins, introduce yourself - tell the group who you are and what you do.
4. Each chat will last between 45 mins to an hour. The discussion can be fast and difficult to keep up with, so it can be helpful to use a tool to help organise and filter tweets. Tweetchat, Hootsuite or Tweetdeck are very good for making Chats more manageable.
5. Go back and look at your notifications afterwards – it’s easy to miss messages and comments as tweets fly by very quickly.
6. Always use the #OncJnlClub or your tweets won't be seen.
7. See this handy infographic from We Communities for more tips.
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Hello
Welcome to the Oncology Journal Club blog which will support the Twitter oncology journal club which is being organised by the Macmillan Education Team at The Royal Surrey County Hospital with great support from the team at The Royal Surrey County Hospital Library.
This blog is currently a work in progress, so please bear with us whilst we are working on getting it prepared for the launch of the journal club in May 2018.
In the meantime, if you work in Oncology or have an interest relating to Oncology please feel free to post ideas for future articles/topics to discuss at our journal club.
Thank You
Jo
This blog is currently a work in progress, so please bear with us whilst we are working on getting it prepared for the launch of the journal club in May 2018.
In the meantime, if you work in Oncology or have an interest relating to Oncology please feel free to post ideas for future articles/topics to discuss at our journal club.
Thank You
Jo
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