Playwright, dissident, and first President of post-communist Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel lost his first wife to cancer in 1996, and was himself diagnosed with lung cancer later that same year. He’d survived years of suppression and [more]
Despite being home to three generations of Pavlovskys Alfredo, the founder, Santiago, now medical director, and Astrid a fellow Fundaleu is no family firm. On the contrary, it was the Pavlovskys’ commitment to [more]
Viktória Kun, Health Correspondent on the leading Hungarian national daily newspaper Népszabadság, is one of two winners* of this year’s ACE (Awarding Cancer Enlightenment) Reporters’ Award. Here we reprint an article in which she highlights [more]
Costs, compatibility and patient privacy have all been cited as reasons why patient records cannot be computerised. But the inability, and reluctance, of doctors and hospitals to use information technology more widely is killing thousands [more]
The loss of a sibling can lead to endless suffering when the loss is not given the attention it requires and when grief work is incomplete. A courageous victim of sibling loss tells how she [more]
The European Patent Office (EPO) has decided that the European patent on mutations in breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility (EP 705903) is to be maintained in amended form. Download full article
Things seem to have gone quiet at the EC since 2000, when Europe Against Cancer a concerted programme aimed at reducing cancer deaths by 15% came to an end. Where is Europe concentrating [more]
As director of the NCI between 1980 and 1988, Vince DeVita was a Commander in Chief of America’s War on Cancer. He has little time for those who now criticise the plan of attack [more]
Side-effects of chemotherapy are nasty and can be dangerous. But soon patients may be able to log symptoms and receive prompt advice or, if necessary, medical attention, using nothing but a mobile phone… and a [more]
This latest edition of Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology is a one-stop shop for everything you ever wanted to know about oncology. Download full article
In 1972 Jean-Claude Horiot left a wonderful research job in the US to join a cancer centre in Dijon that was too small to conduct clinical trials on its own. He teamed up with similar [more]
This is an excellent reference book for anyone involved in palliative care. It covers every aspect of the specialty, and is accessible to medical professionals and lay readers alike. Download full article
Choosing a career as a urologist in Norway was always going to be a tough option for a German woman in the 1960s, and she often felt isolated and unwelcome. But Sophie Fosså’s outstanding work [more]