The write stuff
Cancer has a pretty poor public image. Myths and misconceptions fuel negative attitudes and ignorance about the disease. The media, in turn, can either fuel these misconceptions, or it can challenge them. Download full article
November 2006
Lynn Faulds Wood: tell it like it is
Doctors don’t know best if they haven’t been trained. Embarrassment isn’t the reason why colon cancer is picked up late. People will watch TV programmes that talk sense about cancer. Journalist and cancer survivor Lynn [more]
Turn up the volume
If you had cancer, you’d want to be treated by experienced specialists working within a specialised multidisciplinary team. So why are so many of Europe’s cancer patients still being treated in hospitals whose case-loads are [more]
Spread the word
Specialising in a cancer with very poor prognosis, Heine Hansen is as keen as anyone to find new therapies that can improve survival. But he also believes that significantly better results could be achieved using [more]
Record-breaking stamp raises sticky questions
Concern that vital research is being side-lined for lack of funds prompted US breast cancer surgeon Ernie Bodai to campaign for a special fundraising stamp. Despite the 6-cent mark-up, it has outsold all previous commemorative [more]
Helping the media to get the message
How do you report on an issue that is publicly taboo and personally sensitive, and where the data are scant and the professionals can be unhelpful? Seven journalists who gathered at the UICC conference in [more]
Reporting cancer from the inside
Catherine Kalamis of the Guernsey Press won a Best Reporter Award 2006 for a series of articles based on personal experiences of living with cancer. Below we reprint A life-changing moment, where she explains why [more]
The subject is complex, the story is clear
Overblown claims and contradictory messages on cancer can lead to confusion and scepticism. Health journalist Simon Crompton was recognised in the 2006 Best Reporter Awards for the clear and informative articles he has written for [more]
Does chemotherapy given directly to the liver improve survival in patients with hepatic metastasis?
A study using hepatic arterial infusion to deliver treatment to colorectal cancer patients with liver metastases is unlikely to lead to wholesale changes in clinical practice, but may spur new studies into the role of [more]
Should patients with ovarian cancer receive intraperitoneal chemotherapy following initial cytoreductive surgery?
A novel intraperitoneal chemotherapy regimen, trialled in the GOG 172 study, represents a new standard of care for patients with optimally resected stage III ovarian cancer, but should be offered on an individualised basis. Download [more]
NEWSROUND
Selected press reports complied by the ESO Cancer Media Centre Download full article
What’s brave about having cancer?
On September 1st, exactly six years after being told she had only six months to live, Jane Tomlinson completed a gruelling 6,780-km bike trek across America. Before setting out, she talked about why she refuses [more]