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How Europe is taking on the big biobank challenge
Cancer research is being held back by a shortage of high-quality, well-documented biological specimens. However, convincing hospitals to pool their specimens in a regional, national or international biobank is not always easy, adding to the [more]
The people’s pharmacologist
Silvio Garattini gave up a glittering academic career to found his own set-up where research could be carried out free from commercial or political agendas. Today, the Mario Negri Institute and its founder play a [more]
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Scientific integrity must always come first
Challenging medical orthodoxies is essential in the interests of good science and improving patient care. All top-class doctors do it, but few enjoy the battle as much as breast cancer specialist Michael Baum. He has [more]
My wife has breast cancer
The psychological impact of breast cancer on women is now widely recognised. But what about the men struggling to find ways to support their partners and adapt to a new reality? María Valerio Sáinz, health [more]
A very useful doctor
Ferdy Lejeune went into medicine to be useful’, and he did well. Thousands of amputations have been avoided thanks to a technique he pioneered. His focus on tumour blood vessels and immunology helped pave the [more]
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Dying for a lack of compassion?
For dying cancer patients who have run out of therapeutic options, getting hold of drugs that are still in trials can offer them a last throw of the dice. Yet many find the system for [more]
The passion behind big cancer projects
Kris Vantongelen, now managing director of the Breast International Group, has played a pivotal role in two arenas that have been essential to the progress of oncology in recent decades: the development of systems for [more]
Do-it-yourself Chemotherapy Access
Internet chatrooms offer patients a forum to discuss new therapies and exchange tips on how to get access to experimental drugs sometimes from sources that have neither responsibility for nor interest in their welfare. [more]
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Healthcare rationing: the moral dilemma
If Europe is to ensure that the latest therapies can be made available to all cancer patients who might benefit, getting maximum value from every euro spent on health will be essential. But who is [more]