Episode 195 - Living With and Beyond Cancer featuring Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara from Rad Chat

This week’s episode is a special collaboration with the brilliant team from Rad Chat; the multi-award-winning, first therapeutic radiographer–led oncology podcast. And they’re with us on the show today!

Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara bring decades of frontline cancer experience, and in this joint conversation we explore menopause after cancer from both the patient and clinician perspective.

Together, we discuss:

• Why menopause after cancer is so often overlooked in oncology
• What clinicians are seeing in their day-to-day practice
• How communication can improve so patients feel heard, supported and safe
• What needs to change for future generations

If you’ve ever wished your oncology team better understood the impact of treatment-induced menopause, this episode is full of “finally, someone is saying this out loud” moments.

You’ll love this one!

A huge thank you to Naman and Jo for collaborating with us.

Find the Rad Chat podcast here: www.radchat.co.uk

Connect with us:

For more information and resources visit our website: www.menopauseandcancer.org

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Join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/menopauseandcancerchathub

CPD Reflection Points:

1. Reflect on your understanding of the relationship between menopause and cancer. Consider how this may influence the way you signpost patients for support.
2. Consider how effectively you recognise and manage the physical and emotional impact of treatment-induced or early menopause in people living with and beyond cancer, and what could you do differently to support their wellbeing?
3. Read the Menopause and Cancer survey results.
4. Read the symptoms of Menopause.

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Links from the Episode:

• Menopause and Cancer
• Navigating Menopause After Cancer: A comprehensive, empowering guide to all your treatment options, where to get help and how to feel better
• Menopause Support UK
• British Menopause Society
• The Menopause charity
• Menopause Matters

Research links from the Episode:

• Menopausal hormone therapy and incidence, mortality, and survival of breast cancer subtypes: a prospective cohort study
• Menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: a population-based cohort study of 1.3 million women in Norway
• The influence of menopause age on gynecologic cancer risk: a comprehensive analysis using NHANES data
• BMI and breast cancer risk around age at menopause
• Hormone Replacement Therapy and Risks of Various Cancers in Postmenopausal Women with De Novo or a History of Endometriosis
• Menopausal Hormone Therapy in Breast Cancer Survivors
• Menopause age and cancer risk is influenced by rare genetic variants

Menopause and Cancer Links:

• Menopause and Cancer
• Navigating Menopause After Cancer: A comprehensive, empowering guide to all your treatment options, where to get help and how to feel better

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Credits: Music and jingle credits: Dr. Ben Potts and Adam Cooke.