Publications by authors named "Belul Shifa"
Objectives: Multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs) are part of standard of care for patients with cancer. Streamlining is essential for high-quality care and efficiency. This study evaluated the feasibility of implementing a protocol to remove patients with benign breast disease from discussion at the MDM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVery few studies investigating COVID-19 in cancer patients have included cancer patients as controls. We aimed to identify factors associated with the risk of testing positive for SARS CoV2 infection in a cohort of cancer patients. We analyzed data from all cancer patients swabbed for COVID-19 between 1 March and 31 July 2020 at Guy's Cancer Centre.
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- * A study identified LMTK3 as a significant regulator of ERα activity, which was previously unrecognized, highlighting its evolutionary importance in human susceptibility to ERα+ breast cancer.
- * Silencing LMTK3 reduced tumor size in models and affected ERα+ cell proliferation, suggesting it could be a promising new therapeutic target and is associated with patient outcomes in human cancers.