Women with advanced breast cancer can live a full and active life. But median survival is still hovering around three years and progress is frustratingly slow. A new conference now seeks to change this. Download [more]
A powerful media campaign that wiil transform the prospects of Romanian patients in need of transplant treatments won TV journalist Paula Herlo an ESO BCRA. Download full article
The decision to focus on infections associated with cancer treatments, back in the early ’70s, put Jean Klastersky on a path that would lead to him pioneering the field of supportive care in cancer. Download [more]
Steering the right course between simplistic talk of wonder drugs’ and baffling readers with unnecessary scientific detail can be tricky. Mark Henderson, of the UK national daily The Times, won a Best Cancer Reporter Award [more]
Half the staff at the Clinical Centre left and 50 were killed during the siege of Sarajevo. But Hiba Basic stuck to her post and took over the oncology department. Download full article
Though well-intended, the European Clinical Trials Directive severely impeded clinical research. The Commission is now trying to revise the Directive, and is inviting researchers, patient groups and others to submit concrete suggestions. Download full article
We republish here a article that earned health journalist Nicola Kuhrt a Best Cancer Reporter Award. Download full article
When confronted with the novel gene technology of the early ’70s, molecular biologist Axel Ullrich posed the question: what use can this be to medicine? Opening the door to translational research Download full article
The story of step-by-step progress, with occasional leaps forward and frequent setbacks, is not one the media enjoys telling. But it does need to be told if patients and society are to learn to live [more]
There was a time when the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) was not so international being focused primarily on Western countries and not so much of a union lacking the ability to [more]
A conversation with health journalists Download full article
When stories exaggerate the implications of the latest research, is this the fault of the media? Asession on reporting cancer breakthroughs found pressure also comes from researchers and pharmaceutical companies. Maybe the greatest pressure comes [more]
When it comes to prevention, screening, treatment and coping with the experience of cancer, the media can play an important role in equipping people to make the best possible choices. At an ESO workshop at [more]