My World – Jacob Scott
My World Jacob Scott uses approaches from his previous life as a physicist and engineer to build models of cancer biology and evolution from first principles, in the hope of generating novel, translatable hypotheses. On [more]
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Me and my cancer
Journalists who write about their own cancer journeys are able to convey important insights in a language that people understand and are eager to read It is not surprising that a lot of journalists [more]
Taking the isolation out of isolation
The isolation that is essential to the physical health of people undergoing stem cell transplantation can be terrible for their mental health at a time of great stress. Patients are giving the thumbs up to [more]
Late diagnosis: Why does it happen? How can we do better?
When GPs fail to identify symptomatic cancers on time it can be fatal for patients and frustrating for the specialists who treat them. In this article, GP Tina Eriksson and gastrointestinal cancer specialist Eric Van [more]
The origin of a special success
Cancer genetics is intriguing, exciting and offers hope for real progress in treatment, but try telling that to non-scientists. Clive Cookson, science editor at the Financial Times, did just that. His article, explaining the evolutionary [more]
Lungscape: a living lung laboratory
The potential for personalising lung cancer therapies is expanding rapidly. The challenge now is how to turn that potential into reality as fast as possible so patients can reap the benefits. A network of cancer [more]
In the jungle of the miracle healers
It was her own fault that she lost her chance to be cured. Or was it? This article, which was first published in the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, and won its author a [more]
How bad news can be good news for cancer services
Knowing what needs to be done is one thing. Making it happen is quite another. Well-informed media stories that highlight shortcomings and failings can help focus minds on the need for urgent action. The media [more]
Breaking Boundaries
Often mistaken for a radiotherapist or medical oncologist, this expert in voice-box sparing strategies has reached out to a wide variety of professionals– most recently actors– in his quest to improve the chances of patients [more]
Fixing the holes in the opioid supply lines
Patients are still dying in agony despite concerned efforts over many years to change attitudes towards the use and control of opiates. Could a new initiative, which works with NGOs, governments and policy makers to [more]
Living with the timebomb of a childhood cancer
Being alert to early signs of cancer gives the best chance of survival. Silja Paavle, reporter on the Estonian daily Öhtuleht, helped to pass on this message with this article which won her a Best [more]