Editorial Team
Adriana Albini
Co-Editor-In-Chief
Adriana Albini is a scientific collaborator at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) in Milan, a former Professor of General Pathology at the Milan Bicocca University, she has been Deputy Chief of Genoa Cancer Center and Head of Research Department of Reggio Emilia Cancer Center and Scientific Director of MultiMedica Onlus.
She trained at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Munich and at the American National Institutes of Health in Maryland. She has over 350 peer-reviewed scientific publications and is among the most cited Italian women scientists in the biomedical field; she was elected the first Italian to the board of directors of the American Association for Cancer Research, and now she is the Chair of the Cancer Prevention working group of AACR.
President of the club of the Top Italian Women Scientists of Onda (National Observatory Foundation on Women’s and Gender Health), and member of the Scientific Commission of the Health Ministry. Scientific journalist, she is also a veteran fencing champion (bronze at the 2018 Veterans World Cup and European Silver in épée 2015). She was recognized by the BBC among the 100 most influential and inspiring women of 2020.
Lidia Schapira
Co-Editor-In-Chief
Prof. Lidia Schapira is a medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of Breast Cancer, with a strong focus on cancer survivorship education and advocacy. As the inaugural Director of Stanford’s Cancer Survivorship Program, she has built a successful research and clinical initiative aimed at improving health outcomes for individuals living with and beyond cancer. She is also the Director of CME Program Development at Stanford Medicine’s Department of Medicine.
From 2015 to 2021, Professor Schapira served as the Editor-in-Chief of Cancer.Net, the public information platform of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Her leadership extended to the American Psychosocial Oncology Society, where she was a member of the Board of Directors, and to the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, where she chaired the Psychosocial Interest Group from 2014 to 2020. In addition to these roles, she was the Associate Editor of the Art of Oncology section of the Journal of Clinical Oncology from 2013 to 2023, contributing to the platform’s mission of blending clinical expertise with the human experience of cancer.
As a professor in the Department of Medicine at Stanford University, she is also a member of the Maternal & Child Health Research Institute and the Stanford Cancer Institute. Her work continues to shape the field of oncology by advancing research and advocating for better survivorship care and patient outcomes.
Janet Fricker
News Editor
Janet Fricker is a UK medical writer with an MA in Physiology from the University of Oxford. In addition to Cancerworld, Janet has worked for the Cancer Drug Development Forum, Cancer Research UK, Lancet Oncology, European Journal of Cancer, Molecular Oncology, Ecancer Medical Science, and European School of Oncology (where she wrote the Oncopaedia sections on breast cancer). For the BMJ, Janet has written obituaries of prominent oncologists including Craig Jordan, Gordon McVie, Umberto Veronesi and Bernard Fisher.
For over 10 years Janet wrote the Congress newspaper for the European Society of Cardiology reporting on late breaking clinical trials, writing features about cardiovascular advances and interviewing KOLs.
Janet has written for consumer publications including The Times, The Economist, The Daily Mail, The Independent and Marie Claire. Before going freelance, Janet worked as an assistant producer for BBC Science and Features, BBC TV news and was medical editor of the science and technology magazine Focus.
Co-Editors-in-Chief: Adriana Albini and Lidia Schapira
Managing Editor: Yeva Margaryan
News Editor: Janet Fricker
Contributing Writers: Adriana Albini (Italy), Sophie Fessl (Austria), Victoria Forster (Canada), Janet Fricker (UK), Tina Jiang (China), Marwa Kocak (Turkey), Andrei Mihai (Romania), Esther Nakkazi (Uganda), Myriam Vidal Valero (Mexico), Anna Wagstaff (UK), Agnieszka Witkowicz-Matolicz (Poland), Swagata Yadavar (India), Adrian Pogacian (Romania), Manuela Maria Campanelli (Italy)