News
ACADI had a good summer with some exciting additions to the team and our work.
Leadership Nomination
Our Postdoctoral Fellow, India Pinker, has been nominated to take on the leadership of the research committee of the International Association for Communication in Healthcare.
JGO Podcast
Dr Sophie Pilleron featured on the Journal of Geriatric Oncology’s podcast, talking about her recent work on loneliness in older adults with cancer. You can hear more about it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jgo-author-interview-sophie-pilleron-and-virginia-sun/id1544967556?i=1000618927334 OR https://www.geriatriconcology.net/content/podcast
Publications
Dr Sophie Pilleron has had a busy summer with some exciting publications!
First up is a new paper entitled: Patterns of chemotherapy use and outcomes in advanced non-small cell lung cancer by age in England: A retrospective analysis of the population-based Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) dataset. Read the paper here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37421786/
Next, we have Dr Pilleron’s new editorial with Dr Shane O’Hanlon called: Understanding cardiovascular disease death risk in older cancer survivors. You can read this piece here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37566562/
Dr Pilleron also published a new paper with a previously featured guest at ACADI, Bonnie Leung, entitled: Cancer treatment-related decision-making among culturally and linguistically diverse older adults with cancer: A scoping review by the International Society of Geriatric Oncology Nursing and Allied Health Interest Group. Read more about this great work here: https://www.geriatriconcology.net/article/S1879-4068(23)00204-7/fulltext
Two more papers were published this week entitled: Cancer incidence estimates in adults aged 60 years and older living in low-and-middle-income countries for the years 2020 and 2040. You can find it here: https://ecancer.org/en/journal/article/1594-cancer-incidence-estimates-in-adults-aged-60-years-and-older-living-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-for-the-years-2020-and-2040/abstract
and Geriatric assessment for older people with cancer: policy recommendations. https://ghrp.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41256-023-00323-0
Team Growth
Our team had a bright new addition over the summer.
Tanya Sharma joined us over her holidays to get to know more about what we do here at ACADI. She is a medical student in London and lives in Luxembourg when she is not working towards becoming a future doctor. It was great to have her on board for a few weeks and we hope to see her again very soon!
Thank you for staying tuned! Until next time, keep well.
ACADI Team