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Janet Fricker

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Janet Fricker is a medical writer specialising in oncology and cardiology. After researching articles for Cancerworld she runs, swims, and eats porridge.
ACE inhibitor protects against cardiotoxicity
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ACE inhibitor protects against cardiotoxicity

  • Janet Fricker
  • 18 June 2021

In HER2 breast cancer, concurrent use of the ACE inhibitor lisinopril with trastuzumab-anthracyclines benefits left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). The study, abstract 509, presented in a poster session at the ASCO meeting, June 4-8, found breast cancer patients treated with…

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Advance Care Planning increases hope
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Advance Care Planning increases hope

  • Janet Fricker
  • 18 June 2021

Hope for cancer patients may be increased by engaging in advanced care planning (ACP). The study, abstract 12029, presented in a poster session at ASCO, which took place online June 4-8, found that hope was significantly higher among patients who…

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Wake-up call to offer equal access to life-prolonging treatments in metastatic prostate cancer
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Wake-up call to offer equal access to life-prolonging treatments in metastatic prostate cancer

  • Janet Fricker
  • 3 June 2021

Less than one third of men with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC) received established treatment intensification by 2018 that had been demonstrated to extend survival. The US study evaluating real-world utilization of advanced therapies, abstract 5073, released in advance of…

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Study provides motivation for European policy makers to implement comprehensive tobacco control
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Study provides motivation for European policy makers to implement comprehensive tobacco control

  • Janet Fricker
  • 31 May 2021

Fully implementing tobacco control policies across Europe would avoid an estimated 1.65 million lung cancer cases over the next 20 years. The modelling study, published in the May issue of The Lancet Regional Health-Europe, found the largest proportion of lung…

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Fit, susceptible, or frail? Updated recommendations for managing breast cancer in older people
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Fit, susceptible, or frail? Updated recommendations for managing breast cancer in older people

  • Janet Fricker
  • 20 May 2021

Management of breast cancer in older women should include routine use of geriatric assessments. Recommendations from an updated multidisciplinary taskforce, which includes members of the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists and International Society of Geriatric Oncology, published in Lancet…

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Ovarian cancer population screening study signals need for additional biomarkers
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Ovarian cancer population screening study signals need for additional biomarkers

  • Janet Fricker
  • 18 May 2021

Annual screening for ovarian cancer detects cancer earlier but does not save lives, concludes the largest ovarian cancer screening trial up to now. On the basis of the UK study, published in The Lancet (13th May 2021), general population screening…

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Study suggests tackling loneliness could help reduce cancer in middle-aged men
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Study suggests tackling loneliness could help reduce cancer in middle-aged men

  • Janet Fricker
  • 7 May 2021

Loneliness among middle-aged men is associated with increased risks of developing cancer. The longitudinal Finnish study, published in the May issue of Psychiatry Research, additionally found mortality was higher among male cancer patients who were unmarried, widowed or divorced than…

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Drug repurposing approaches offer hope for squamous cell carcinoma and Alzheimer’s disease
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Drug repurposing approaches offer hope for squamous cell carcinoma and Alzheimer’s disease

  • Janet Fricker
  • 30 April 2021

Two recent publications highlight the growing interest of drug repurposing in oncology. A study in Cancer Prevention Research (published online 12 April) shows how dopamine can stop the development and progression of ultraviolet B (UVB)-induced precancerous squamous skin cancers; while…

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Prostate cancer: new leads for deterring progression
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Prostate cancer: new leads for deterring progression

  • Janet Fricker
  • 23 April 2021

Future prospects for tackling aggressive prostate cancer emerged from two presentations at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual meeting, held virtually in mid-April. One identified how the risk of prostate cancer progressing to lethal disease might be mitigated by…

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Immunotherapy plus chemo: benefits in lung cancer neoadjuvant treatment
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Immunotherapy plus chemo: benefits in lung cancer neoadjuvant treatment

  • Janet Fricker
  • 22 April 2021

Adding a check point inhibitor to chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment for resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) produced significant improvements of pathological complete response (pCR) in comparison to chemotherapy alone. The CheckMate-816 study, presented at the American Association for Cancer…

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