Disparities in the speed at which patients in different European countries get access to the latest cancer drugs were highlighted last month in a report published by Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute. The Roche-sponsored study, launched at [more]
Fatima Cardoso’s determination to put her considerable abilities to best use landed her the scientific directorship of a groundbreaking translational research trial at the tender age of 37. A founder of the Flims Alumni Club, [more]
Cicely Saunders touched the lives of millions of terminally ill patients through her promotion of hospices and palliative care. Though she died this summer at the London hospice she founded in 1967, her fight for [more]
When it comes to fighting cancer, coordination is key. And in the fiercely autonomous cantons of Switzerland, that coordination is provided by a network of institutes, leagues and foundations that covers everything from prevention and [more]
Radiotherapy is the most cost-effective treatment for many cancers. Now radiation oncologists have adopted an evidence-based approach to assessing need throughout Europe. And the league table for meeting that need reveals some surprising resultsÂ… Download [more]
Ioanna Soufleri writes for the Greek daily newspaper To Vima. In a series of articles that jointly won her the 2005 ACE (Awarding Excellence in Cancer) Reporter’s Award, she has shown that progress in cancer [more]
New research reveals that lung cancers could be picked up much earlier if only the public and health professionals learnt how to recognise the critical symptoms. Download full article
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Despite recognised regional differences in how doctors and patients deal with bad news, recent research shows every country has patients who seek information and others who avoid information, and doctors need training to cater for [more]
The policy of specialist centres for certain cancers is backed by research on outcomes. But surgeons in hospitals denied the right to treat cancer patients can find themselves cut adrift. Much of the UK has [more]
Enabling cancer patients to talk about their illness, lives and suffering, as unique individuals, is as essential to a patient’s recovery as is medical treatment. Download full article
Every two years, doctors specialising in breast cancer gather in St Gallen to discuss developments and update guidelines on adjuvant therapies. It is always an important conference, but its conclusions tend to be measured rather [more]
As a young epidemiologist, Peter Boyle once had to give a talk on trends in smoking-related cancer, having lost his father to the disease that same morning. Now head of the IARC, his great strength [more]