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20 November 2020
Humbled to have been awarded the 2020 IASLC Robert J Ginsberg Award in recognition of my work in thoracic surgery.
10 September 2019
On MedScape featuring kehole surgery for lung cancer.
16 April 2019
In the Daily Mail promoting awareness of non-smoking lung cancer.
4 February 2019
BBC Radio Wales, feedback from a patient:
24 January 2019
Interview with VJ oncology about the concept of a trial of surgery for advanced lung cancer.
1 November 2017
Podcast for the European Journal of Cancer on our published paper about non-smoking lung cancer and how the trend is rising at our institution in London forming a third of our workload and I predict if the trend continues, will become the predominant form of lung cancer within 10 years.
20 October 2017
At the International VATS symposium in London talking about current and future research topics for keyhole surgery. A live feed and broadcast internationally through CTSNet.
13 August 2017
Our work on non-smoking lung cancer having really good media penetration with reporting in the Daily Express, Evening Standard and The Independent.
12 August 2017
Our work featured in the Times about non-smoking lung cancer. I actually said pollution is unlikely to be the main cause as it would affect both sexes, whereas what we see is that it is much more common in women.
15 October 2016
Write up by Kirsten Eckland on my talk delivered at the 3rd International VATS symposium in London. "There were several excellent speakers, making it difficult to narrow the selections for presentation here. The obvious standout was Dr. Lim." (click here to read)
13 April 2016
CTSnet interview by Shanda Blackmon of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota with Rene Petersen of the Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark and Joel Dunning of James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom on the evidence for VATS lobectomy.
13 September 2015
The Daily Mail – No smoking link to 25% of lung cancers: Top surgeon warns quarter of cases are nothing but ‘bad luck’ (click here to read)
12 September 2015
The Standard Daily – British scientists develop blood cancer tests that diagnose cancer in 24 hours (click here to read)
12 September 2015
New Zealand Herald – The 24-hour cancer blood test (click here to read)
12 September 2015
The Market Business – A Simple 24-hours Cancer Blood Test Can Be A Game Changer (click here to read)
12 September 2015
New York City News – New blood test can spare patients from waiting weeks to find out if they have cancer(click here to read)
11 September 2015
Northern Californian – British Scientists Develop Blood Tests That Can Diagnose Cancer within 24 Hours (click here to read)
11 September 2015
9 news Australia – 24-hour cancer blood test could be a ‘game-changer’ (click here to read)
11 September 2015
Tech Times -New Blood Test Could Replace Biopsy In Cancer Diagnosis: How It Compares To Existing Methods (click here to read)
11 September 2015
Benchmark Reporter – Blood test to diagnose cancer in 24 hours developed by British scientists (click here to read)
10 September 2015
The Daily Mail – The 24-hour cancer blood test you can take at GP’s: Early warning breakthrough could cut weeks of the waiting time for results (click here to read)
10 September 2015
The Mirror – Cancer blood test could speed up diagnosis and see patients begin treatment sooner (click here to read)
10 September 2015
The Telegraph – Simple blood test could one day diagnose all cancers (click here to read)
10 September 2015
BBC News
29 September 2015
Interview with ASCO video post – Increasing incidence of non-smoking lung cancer
10 September 2015
ITV news – Blood test could change way cancer is diagnosed (click here to read)
10 September 2015
Imperial College London News – Pioneering blood test to detect cancer developed by Imperial researcher (click here to read)
10 September 2015
Medical News Today – Blood test could replace biopsy for cancer diagnosis (click here to read)
10 September 2015
Latinos Health – Lung cancer on the rise among nonsmokers (click here to read)
9 September 2015
Cancer Network – Lung Cancer Incidence Increasing Among Nonsmokers (click here to read)
9 September 2015
MedScape – Lung Cancer Rates Surging in Never-Smokers (click here to read)
9 September 2015
MedPage today – Lung Cancer on the Rise in Nonsmokers – But Why? (click here to read)
9 June 2015
BBC Radio 2 – Interview with Nick Robinson
31 May 2015
The Daily Mail – The brilliant memoirs of BBC’s Nick Robinson (click here to read)
21 August 2013
The Telegraph and Argus – ‘Miracle’ recovery for Bradford lung op mum Lisa Brown (click here to read)