“In the history of cancer research, there has always been tension between those who want to treat cancer and those who think we should prevent it,” writes the pioneering medical oncologist and former head of the [more]
Molecular imaging specialists are ready to break out of their research huddles and take their place at the heart of clinical decision making. But can they convince clinicians to welcome them in? Anna Wagstaff investigates. [more]
Her campaign to bring a human touch to healthcare, which she carries on even through the tough final stages of cancer, has had widespread impact and brought international acclaim. Simon Crompton talked to the woman [more]
Eurocare, the landmark series of studies comparing survival of cancer patients among European countries, has been profoundly important in focusing attention on the quality of Europe’s cancer services over the past two decades. Now in [more]
Mr Lloyd is angry! His elderly mother is getting no treatment for her metastatic lung cancer, and he doesn’t want to hear what the doctors and nurses are saying… …A different approach by a new [more]
Cancer is not the first thing that springs to mind when one thinks about conflict and refugees, but bear with me and I will explain why this is such a problem now. Back in the [more]
Acute skin reactions associated with radiotherapy can be distressing and can lead to treatment interruption. Anticipating, assessing and managing the problem according to best evidence can make a big difference. Radiotherapy-related toxicity occurs because of [more]
Progress in understanding resistance and learning how to combine and sequence therapies most effectively is being stifled because specimens donated by patients, and related data, are being hoarded and not shared. Peter McIntyre reports. There [more]
Repurposing established drugs for oncology patients offers the potential to deliver cheaper and faster drug development. This could help close the widening gap between patient expectations and healthcare budgets, as the cost of medical anticancer [more]
Are we optimistic or just complacent? For its 75th anniversary, India’s Tata Memorial Centre invited the research world to take a fresh look at whether we are on track for defeating cancer. Vineet Gupta reports. [more]
Doctors get cancer too, but not many of them choose to make a documentary film about the experience. Vasiliki Michopoulou talked to some who did, and asked them why? It’s October, 2004, and Nikos Karvounis, [more]