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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.
Financial burden on older adults with advanced cancer worsens quality of life
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Financial burden on older adults with advanced cancer worsens quality of life

  • Janet Fricker
  • 15 January 2021

Among older adults with advanced cancer, those judged to have financial issues experience worse quality of life, with the adverse effects including higher levels of depression, anxiety and distress. The study, reported in JAMA Network Open  (published 7 December), highlights…

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Integrated imaging opens the way for virtual biopsies
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Integrated imaging opens the way for virtual biopsies

  • Janet Fricker
  • 15 January 2021

Combining computed tomography (CT) scans, spatial radiomic maps, and ultrasound (US) images creates a visual guide that helps doctors perform fewer and more accurate tumour biopsies. The feasibility study, published in European Radiology (14 December), demonstrates how imaging can be…

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Highlights of 2020 American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting
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Highlights of 2020 American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting

  • Janet Fricker
  • 14 January 2021

Like most 2020 meetings the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, held 5-8 December, was hosted virtually. Due to meticulous planning, the format did not prevent delegates attending the largest gathering of the professional haematology community…

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Cancer survivors at greater risk of subsequent primary cancers
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Cancer survivors at greater risk of subsequent primary cancers

  • Janet Fricker
  • 30 December 2020

Survivors of adult-onset cancers run a greater risk of developing and dying from subsequent primary cancers (SPCs) than the general population. The retrospective cohort study, reported in JAMA (December 22), found cancers associated with smoking or obesity comprised the majority…

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Highlights of 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
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Highlights of 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

  • Janet Fricker
  • 28 December 2020

In 2020, the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) co-organised in association with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) celebrated its 43rd year as the world’s premier annual breast oncology meeting. Like most conferences, due to the Covid-19 pandemic,…

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Immunotherapy cardiotoxicity higher than previously estimated
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Immunotherapy cardiotoxicity higher than previously estimated

  • Janet Fricker
  • 24 December 2020

Cancer patients receiving immunotherapy drugs have a much higher incidence of cardiac events than previous estimates from pharmacovigilance data, reports a nationwide Danish registry. The study, published in the European Heart Journal, found patients with lung cancer or malignant melanoma…

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NHS England’s pilot of cancer screening blood test raises questions
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NHS England’s pilot of cancer screening blood test raises questions

  • Janet Fricker
  • 21 December 2020

The UK National Health Service (NHS) announced on the 27 November that it would be piloting an early detection multi-cancer blood test next year.  This represents an important advance because “every year, nearly 200,000 people in the UK die from…

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Building back cancer services after Covid-19: European Cancer Organisation plan
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Building back cancer services after Covid-19: European Cancer Organisation plan

  • Janet Fricker
  • 2 December 2020

The European Cancer Organisation has proposed seven urgent recommendations to ‘build back cancer services better’ after the ongoing challenges resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer in Europe’, launched during the European Cancer Summit on the…

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Prolonged ADT use in prostate cancer increases CV mortality: A need for cardiovascular protection
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Prolonged ADT use in prostate cancer increases CV mortality: A need for cardiovascular protection

  • Janet Fricker
  • 27 November 2020

Prolonged androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) exposure was found to be associated with reduced cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and increased cardiovascular (CV) mortality. The study, published in JACC: CardioOncology, emphasizes the need to consider CV surveillance and risk modification for men both…

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Serious patient-reported outcomes data gap in immunotherapy trials revealed
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Serious patient-reported outcomes data gap in immunotherapy trials revealed

  • Janet Fricker
  • 24 November 2020

A review of trials of immunotherapy agents revealed a ‘considerable gap’ in the use of patient reported outcomes (PROs), reports a recent study. The data analysis study found PROs were included in less than half of the 44 immunotherapy trials…

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