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August 2019

Kid-friendly conferences might reduce gender inequalities

News 26 August 2019 0

Among young oncologists, women encounter more difficulties than men in attending conferences and this may affect their professional satisfaction. This is the key message of a survey conducted by a group of researchers of the [more]

Health warnings on alcohols are invisible for most young drinkers

News 19 August 2019 0

Labels containing warnings on the health risks associated with alcohol consumption are usually not noticed and remembered by teenagers, who should be in principle among the main targets. According to a study published in the Jou [more]

The dismissed cancer tech assessment

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CancerWorld Plus, Featured 12 August 2019 0

Despite the prominent global debate on the ethics of technology and the increasing need for technology assessment before approval, anticipatory approaches, especially in oncology, are still in their infancy  In the age of artificial intelligence [more]

Tobacco control is improving (slowly) worldwide, WHO reports

News 12 August 2019 0

Launched in late June this year, the 2019 WHO Report “Offer help to quit tobacco use” claims that 5 billion people (65% of the world’s population) are exposed to at least one measure to control the [more]

Burden of cancer types is not reflected in research funding

News 5 August 2019 0

A new study on the allocation of research funding in the United States concluded that highly deadly cancer types are under-supported. This may be at least partially due to the impact of emotional choices on [more]

Radio-immunotherapy, a work in progress

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CancerWorld Plus, Featured 5 August 2019 0

The potential for combining radiotherapy with immunotherapy is enormous, yet experts say that radio-immunotherapy still has a long way to go before entering into routine clinical practice One of the hot topics discussed at ESTRO38, [more]

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