Send us a textIn recent years we have seen a marked change in the landscape of treatment for endometrial cancer.This has been driven by understanding the different molecular subtypes of endometrial cancer.POLE - with an excellent prognosisMMR deficient - with good prognosis and option for immunotherapyNo Specific molecular profile - intermediate outcome and work still to be doneP53 mutant - with a poorer outcomeDr Angela George from the Royal Marsden Hospital has a specialist interest in geno...
Oct 11, 2024
33 min
Send us a textApproximately 1 in 10 metastatic prostate cancer patients develop osteoporotic fractures.Whilst treatment for prostate cancer has meant patient are living longer we have to make sure they are also living better.Testosterone removal, Androgen receptor targeted agents and steroids can all reduce bone strength.We talk to Dr Xue-Yan Jiang who is part of a group preparing guidelines for bone health through the Royal College of Radiologists and British Association of Urological Surgeo...
Oct 4, 2024
31 min
Send us a textApproximately 15% of all lung cancer happen in non-smokers!!We talk to Dr Tom Newsom-Davis a medical oncologist who specialises in lung cancer about this very specific group of lung cancers.Tom is chair-elect of the British Thoracic Oncology Group and shares his experience of treating non-smoking related lung cancers and their driver mutations - EGFR, ROS-1 and ALK.This is a fascinating discussion and Tom is such an engaging person to talk to.If you have lungs you can get lung c...
Sep 27, 2024
23 min
Send us a textIn this episode we discuss CDK4/6 inhibitors with Professor Mark Beresford, Clinical oncologist and chair of UK Breast cancer Group.Mark shares his knowledge on why we are giving these drugs to patients with breast cancer and what patients can expect on them.This is a really big group of patients and we hope this is useful for supporting them.We hope you enjoyJohn & Mike
Sep 20, 2024
17 min
Send us a textTo day we focus on the big 3 side effects of hormone manipulation in prostate cancer:-Hot Flushes-The 5 Ps of Fatigue-Sexual FunctionWe talk to British Association or Urological Nursing trustee and nurse specialist Debbie Victor on strategies to manage these side effects.This is aimed at helping patients help themselves so feel free to share with anyone you know having hormone therapy for prostate cancer.We hope this is useful.John & Mike
Sep 13, 2024
19 min
Send us a textHormone therapy is a key part of prostate cancer treatment. Removing access to testosterone starves prostate cancer and can cause a 'manopause' or male menopause symptoms.We discuss this with clinical nurse and BAUN trustee- Debbie Victor.We look at the impact of this on prostate cancer patients and what positive steps patients can take to tackle these side effects themselves.We hope you enjoy.Mike & John
Sep 6, 2024
24 min
Send us a textDr Nicolo Battisti is the president of the Society of international geriatric oncology and a medical oncologist at the Royal Marsden Hospital.He shares his thoughts and wisdom on how we can help our older patients and their carers recognise signs of frailty and how to tackle them.
Aug 30, 2024
26 min
Send us a textPart 2 of our Cancer in the elderly and assessing Frailty.We talk to Dr Nicolò Battisti about what measures we can take to set up frailty assessment.Great tips and advice.Enjoy
Aug 23, 2024
19 min
Send us a textNot every older patient is frail and not every frail patient is old.The incidence of cancer goes up rapidly in the older age groups with a big jump in incidence in the over 75 age group. We are treating increasing numbers of older patients with increasingly complex therapy.This is often called a 'Silver Tsunami'.We talk to Dr Nicolo Battisti - A medical oncologist - who is Clinical Lead of the Senior Adult Oncology Programme at the Royal Marsden Hospital and president of S...
Aug 16, 2024
22 min
Send us a textPart 2 of 2 of our managing stress when delivering cancer care theme.Here we talk again to the excellent Dr Mike Osborn. We discuss what we can do to help actively recognise and manage some of the impact of stress and emotional fatigue.‘What advice would a friend give you about how you are managing stress?’.We need to take care of ourselves as we take care of others.Enjoy!!!John & Mike
Aug 9, 2024
25 min
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