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April 2016

Madrid (Spain) 19/05/2016 – ESO, CNIO and NRCO Conference on Familial Cancer

Past events 23 April 2016 0

ESO, CNIO and NRCO Conference on Familial Cancer 19/05/2016 – 20/05/2016, Madrid, Spain Chairs: R. Eeles, UK – W.D. Foulkes, CA – M. Robledo, ES – H. Vasen, NL The ESO, CNIO and NRCO Conference [more]

Personalising treatments: lessons from history

Number 71

Editorial 13 April 2016 0

Fifty years ago, when I was just starting out in cancer medicine, our team at the cancer centre attached to Berlin’s Academy of Sciences began our attempts to individualise chemotherapy treatments. We knew that response [more]

Pulling together: the case for prostate cancer units

Number 71

Cover Story, Featured 13 April 2016 0

People with cancer need their care managed by a team of specialists who work together and learn and improve together. Simon Crompton reports on efforts to achieve such a collaborative approach in delivering prostate cancer [more]

Is this the end for the microscope?

Number 71

Spotlight on 13 April 2016 0

New generations of precision digital scanners are threatening to replace the tool that has been the iconic symbol of pathology for so long. Maria Delaney reports. Glass slides containing tissues and cells are sitting in [more]

Ana Maria Forsea: getting from here to where we want to be

Number 71

Profile 13 April 2016 0

With no data from a reliable registry, and no functional national cancer plan, Romania is destined to continue suffering some of the worst cancer rates in Europe. Vlad Mixich tells the story of one dermatologist [more]

Accelerating progress in immunotherapy

Number 71

Cutting Edge, Featured 13 April 2016 0

The concept is attractive, the results in some patients have been stunning, but what will it take to extend these impressive responses to wider groups of patients? Peter McIntyre reports. There is a growing sense [more]

Endoscopy in gastrointestinal oncology

Number 71

Grandround 12 April 2016 0

Once used primarily to detect large polyps and tumours, endoscopy has now become an essential tool for early diagnosis, curative treatment and palliation for gastrointestinal cancer. This is an edited version of a presentation delivered [more]

Affordable cancer care: a global mirage?

Number 71

Our World 12 April 2016 0

One of the great myths peddled about cancer control is that it is intrinsically affordable. Nothing could be further from the truth. Preventing and treating cancer is the pinnacle of the health system’s mountain. It [more]

Improving care for patients with rare cancers. Are European reference networks the answer?

Number 71

Highlight, Systems & Services 12 April 2016 0

As the European Commission issues its first call for proposals to set up European reference networks, Anna Wagstaff asks: how can these cross-border healthcare structures improve the quality of care received by the almost half [more]

Novel approaches to pancreatic cancer

Number 71

Impact Factor 12 April 2016 0

With a five-year overall survival of less than 5%, there is an urgent need to explore new treatment paradigms for pancreatic cancer, including targeting stroma cells, cancer stem cells and metabolic pathways. Ignacio Garrido-Laguna and [more]

How doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us, but it should be

Number 71

Featured, Focus 12 April 2016 0

This hard-hitting blogpost by Ken Murray, a retired Los Angeles family doctor, helped open up discussions about why doctors routinely administer treatments to dying patients that they would adamantly refuse for themselves. Years ago, Charlie, [more]

Bogotà (Colombia) 27/04/2016 – Masterclass in Clinical Oncology

Past events 2 April 2016 0

2nd ESO-ESMO Latin-American Masterclass in Clinical Oncology 27/04/2016 – 01/05/2016, Bogotà, Colombia Chairs: A. Cervantes, ES – N. Pavlidis, GR – R.A. Stahel, CH Scientific Co-ordinators: M.S. Aapro, CH – F. Cardoso, PT The Masterclass [more]

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