Thursday 23rd July 2020 – 17:30 – 18:30 Chair: Professor Sanjay Popat Panel: Professor David Baldwin (Respiratory Medicine); Mr John Edwards (Surgery); Professor Samreen Ahmed (Medical Oncology); Professor Matthew Hatton (Clinical Oncology); Josie Roberts (Nursing); Dr Rhiannon Walters-Davies (Pharmacy) Each … Read More
BTOG would like to say a fond farewell and thank you to Steering Committee members who have recently stepped-down. Matthew Hatton, Sam Janes, Jason Lester, Denis Talbot and Cindy Billingham have worked with BTOG for many years and their contribution … Read More
Dear colleagues, At this difficult time we all want to know how best to treat our patients. For this reason BTOG believes that for COVID-19 infected patients with thoracic malignancies, data capture at the International level is paramount. BTOG therefore … Read More
Due to succession planning there will be 7 available positions and applications are welcome from the following areas: Medical Oncology Radiology Pharmacy Science/Research Clinical Oncology Surgery Palliative Care Deadline Monday 16 March 2020 BTOG Steering Committee Members will: Sit on … Read More
BTOG has now appointed the Steering Committee Trainees: Helen McDill was appointed for Respiratory Trainee Representative and Adam Januszewski was appointed as Oncology Trainee Representative. We received many more applications than we were expecting, and every one was of a … Read More
NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, has just published an updated Quality Standard (QS17) for lung cancer in adults. NICE quality standards describe high-priority areas for quality improvement in a defined care or service area. Each standard … Read More
BTOG is excited to be calling for Trainee Representatives from the Oncology and Respiratory specialities to apply to the BTOG Steering Committee. 2 trainee representatives – 1 from each speciality will be appointed to: Act as a point of contact … Read More
September 2019 By Dr Matthew Callister, Consultant Respiratory Physician A year after the preliminary publication of the NELSON screening trial results at the World Conference on Lung Cancer 2018 in Toronto, low-dose CT screening was again headline news in the … Read More
November 2018 By Fiona McDonald, Consultant Thoracic Clinical Oncologist The plenary session at WCLC 2018 in Toronto and parallel NEJM publication bring us the eagerly awaited overall survival results from the PACIFIC trial (NCT02125461). This was a randomised double-blind … Read More
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