Volker Diehl cultured the cells that characterise Hodgkin’s disease when everyone else had failed. He has high hopes that molecular medicine will throw light on many questions that remain unanswered. But he stresses that it [more]
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Patients, doctors, academic researchers and the World Health Organization all want industry to be a lot more open about the drugs they are trialling. The industry is pleading commercial confidentiality. The two sides are locked [more]
Péter Bösze, professor, gynaecologist, geneticist, chemotherapist, radiotherapist and teacher, helped found the Budapest school of radical surgery. Today he is still encouraging young gynae-oncologists to think radically and practise holistically and he is helping [more]
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In recounting their personal stories, cancer patients are not only sharing their experiences and feelings they are providing practical support to others and are gradually influencing the way cancer is perceived and treated. Download [more]
When it comes to fighting cancer, coordination is key. And in the fiercely autonomous cantons of Switzerland, that coordination is provided by a network of institutes, leagues and foundations that covers everything from prevention and [more]
Ioanna Soufleri writes for the Greek daily newspaper To Vima. In a series of articles that jointly won her the 2005 ACE (Awarding Excellence in Cancer) Reporter’s Award, she has shown that progress in cancer [more]
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Enabling cancer patients to talk about their illness, lives and suffering, as unique individuals, is as essential to a patient’s recovery as is medical treatment. Download full article
Two years ago, the European Parliament passed a landmark resolution which set goals and standards for breast cancer services. It all started when a surgeon saved Karin Jöns MEP from an unnecessary mastectomy, and introduced [more]
German virologist Harald zur Hausen was convinced by the early 1970s that the skin wart virus, human papilloma, was implicated in cervical cancer. Thirty years later we stand on the threshold of a vaccine to [more]
Two new oncological publications offer equal value in terms of their scientific and medical content. Where they differ is in their approach to patients and in their human vision. Download full article