With our new-found understanding of cancer biology comes the opportunity to explain a disease that for centuries has confounded doctors and engendered stigma and superstition. Siddhartha Mukherjee took that opportunity and turned it into a [more]
Implement guidelines, adopt what works and reject what doesn’t, focus on cost-effectiveness–there are so many ways cancer care could be improved. Mary Gospodarowicz, believer, pragmatist and ‘raving optimist’, is determined to make it happen. Implement [more]
She’s an internationalist, she believes in quality control and she’s not afraid of a bit of friction. Who better, then, to lead the project to define standards for Europe’s cancer centres and sort the centres [more]
Decisions on how best to deliver high-quality care should be left to the clinicians who run the services. John Crown, who has long played a leading role in both the clinic and research is one [more]
According to Kaasa, head of the Cancer Clinic at Trondheim University Hospital, patients are falling through gaps in care provision because palliative care is seen as an add-on rather than integral to care plans. The [more]
Luzia Travado’s determination to improve the psychosocial care for cancer patients has made her a familiar face across Europe and beyond. Download full article
Julio Celis, a scientist to his core, has arguably had the greatest impact in helping shape the structures of Europe’s cancer research effort. Download full article
There are so many ways cancer surgeons can help improve outcomes, and Peter Naredi embraces them all. As ESSO president, he now hopes to enthuse Europe’s cancer surgeons to follow his lead. Download full article
Jean-Yves Blay is leading efforts to reshape cancer research so that every trial has a translational element that can build knowledge about the mechanisms driving the disease. Download full article
Paediatric oncologists have a well-deserved reputation for collaborating and treating patients within trial protocols, but there are limits to what they can achieve alone. Download full article
As more cancers are treated as chronic diseases, and cancer regimens become more complex, difficulties with adherence and the potential for damaging interactions are steadily rising. Download full article
Many cancer nurses are still undervalued and underused, with few opportunities for specialist training and little guidance on best practice. Sara Faithfull is working to change all that. Download full article
Angelo Di Leo cut his research teeth on the first studies that looked for biological markers that could predict which patients respond to what, and he’s never looked back. Download full article