As the European Commission issues its first call for proposals to set up European reference networks, Anna Wagstaff asks: how can these cross-border healthcare structures improve the quality of care received by the almost half [more]
For many patients seeking access to treatments unavailable in their home country, the Cross-border Healthcare Directive turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. But a closer look shows it may help raise standards [more]
Generics markets are gearing up for the expiry of patents on some of the first targeted cancer drugs. Its good news for greater access, but patients want reassurance that switching to generics wont put them [more]
A new model for caring for depression in cancer patients shows how much can be achieved even on a tight budget. That being diagnosed with cancer carries an increased risk of depression is perhaps not [more]
Will pathology services need a serious overhaul if they are to deliver the accuracy required for precision medicine? Two European initiatives are trying to build the case for change in this least visible of cancer [more]
People do better throughout their cancer journey when their physical, psychological and spiritual care needs are attended to. But how do we overcome entrenched mind sets that still resist integrating palliative and oncologic care? Philip [more]
With health budgets flat-lining and demand for healthcare rising, the only way Europe can improve patient outcomes is by finding new ways to do things better. But who will champion innovation in cancer care and [more]
Oncologists put their faith in evidence-based guidelines. But when the treatment is multidisciplinary, who decides on the evidence and how? ECCOs new Guidelines Forum has come up with a plan. Clinicians in most medical specialities [more]
No pathologist can be an expert in every type of cancer. But there is a lot that can be done to greatly improve the accuracy of diagnoses, particularly in rare cancers, as a recent European [more]
Cancer poses a rising threat to global health as well as the world economy. International experts have agreed on a strategy that can meet the challenge. They are now calling on world leaders to wake [more]
Why are cancer patients being given medically futile treatment in the last weeks of their life? We hear this question raised time and again at international meetings and in journal articles, provoking polarised views and [more]
Austerity measures brought in to tackle the debt crisis are affecting frontline healthcare services in many countries, particularly in the complex, expensive field of oncology. Cancer World asked readers to share their first-hand experiences. Doctors [more]