Patients who have run out of options don’t have time to wait for lengthy trials. But they also need treatments that offer proven benefit, and not just hope. Peter McIntyre asks whether we can speed [more]
Fortunato Ciardiello took on the presidency of the European Society for Medical Oncology at a time when the profession is being required to deliver treatments of unprecedented complexity and cost. Cancer World Editor, Alberto Costa, [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]
New generations of precision digital scanners are threatening to replace the tool that has been the iconic symbol of pathology for so long. Maria Delaney reports. Glass slides containing tissues and cells are sitting in [more]
The revised European Cancer Code, launched last October, gives clear and concise information on what people can do to lower their own cancer risk. But until policy makers – and doctors – take prevention more [more]
Every two years the metastatic breast cancer community convenes to assess what needs to be done to bridge gaps – gaps in scientific/clinical knowledge and in service provision, and gaps between the patients and professional [more]
Delivering the best possible quality of cancer care to every patient requires getting value for money from scarce resources. BBC journalist Matthew Hill earned himself a Best Cancer Reporter Award for taking a critical look [more]
It took ten years of immersion in the world of cancer research to produce the book that won Clifton Leaf a Best Cancer Reporter Lifetime Achievement award. But it started from a simple question: how [more]
Exercise reduces the risks of getting some cancers but what about after diagnosis? What should we be advising our patients? Be physically active in everyday life. Limit the time you spend sitting.” So says [more]
Vytenis Andriukaitis talks to Cancer Worlds Anna Wagstaff about what Europe needs to do to safeguard and extend access to high-quality cancer care in challenging times. How can European countries provide a rapidly rising number [more]
Can deep and close-knit collaboration between a handful of elite centres achieve what broader European research platforms and projects cannot? There has been talk about setting up a European cancer institute to rival the American [more]
The World Oncology Forum is challenging global policy makers to face the reality that current approaches to controlling cancer are not fit for purpose. An invitation to Davos shows they may be listening, but do [more]