Cancer in pregnancy: the cruellest dilemma
When a pregnant woman discovers she has cancer, her doctor faces a challenge with few guidelines, and little evidence of optimal treatment. The woman faces a cruel dilemma does she lose the baby to [more]
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Sophie Fosså: The survival expert
Choosing a career as a urologist in Norway was always going to be a tough option for a German woman in the 1960s, and she often felt isolated and unwelcome. But Sophie Fosså’s outstanding work [more]
Show me the evidence
Haematologist Else Borst Eilers was handed a poisoned chalice as the Minister asked to make cuts in healthcare costs in the Netherlands. She found her salvation in the patient viewpoint, and evidence-based care. Download full [more]
Doctors who shun guidelines get worse results
An unhelpful straightjacket or an essential tool for optimal treatment? Some physicians still trust their own skill and judgement above all else, but new evidence shows that patients do best when their doctors follow consensus [more]
Nurses to get frontline training in haematological toxicities
Nurses need to know about haematological toxicities so that they understand how to manage problems and are able to identify who is at risk and teach patients the danger signs. A new course will soon [more]
Inspiring the oncologists of tomorrow
Given that cancer is the number two killer in the world, oncology is surprisingly poorly taught at medical schools. So last September, the European School of Oncology piloted its first course aimed specifically at undergraduates. [more]
The sounds of silence
Negative clinical-trial results are underreported. But this may soon change. Download full article