Janet Fricker

Prostate cancer patients who consume the highest intakes of plant-based foods lower their risk of progression and recurrence. The study, abstract 392 presented at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary Cancer Symposium, held in San Francisco, February…

A non-invasive prostate cancer combination test has been shown to have a positive predictive value of 93%*, meaning that out of 100 patients testing positive for prostate cancer 93 will truly have the condition. The study, published in the journal…

Shortening of telomeres, as occurs naturally with ageing, works through a pathway that involves mitochondria-activated immune responses to ultimately eliminate precancerous cells. The US study, published in Nature (8 February 2022), suggests that telomere shortening has evolved as a tumour-suppressive…

Women who ovulate for longer over the course of their lifetimes may have a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer. The international epidemiological study, published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 23 January, found that each additional year of…

Mortality from cancer has increased among older people with type 2 diabetes. The UK cohort study, published in Diabetologica, 24 January, found people with type 2 diabetes were at particular risk of mortality from colorectal, pancreatic, liver and endometrial cancers.…

Around one third of breast cancer patients showed molecular subtype shifts (especially involving luminal cancers) between their primary and metastatic tumours. The study, published in Nature Cancer, on December 30th, also revealed the presence of fewer immune cells in triple-negative…

Nearly one in five new cervical cancers diagnosed between 2009 and 2018 were in women aged 65 years and over. The US study, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, January 9, demonstrates that relative to younger women, those aged…

A European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) project has defined 66 anticancer medicines considered essential for treatment of children with cancer. The study, published in The Lancet Oncology, 23 December 2022, represents the first pan-European effort to systematically analyse the…

After a bout of high-intensity interval training, men with advanced prostate cancer showed acute elevations of anti-cancer myokines in their serum. The study, published in Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, (29 November 2022), then demonstrated growth suppression of prostate cancer…

The 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, hosted in association with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), was held December 6–10, 2022. More than 8,000 researchers, clinicians, students, and patient advocates from 90 countries attended the meeting, which focused…