Among patients hospitalised for advanced lung cancer, the prescription of preventative medicines for diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, antiplatelet agents, and vitamins/minerals is very common not only at the moment of admission, but also at discharge, according [more]
With all the investigations, imaging and testing involved in personalising treatments, it can be hard to remember to listen to what the patient is saying. One doctor keeps a letter with him as a permanent [more]
Joining a clinical trial can be a lifeline for patients with few options open to them. But are outdated attitudes and practices preventing them from benefiting as much as they could? The transformation in the [more]
Patients who are receiving adequate nutrition have a better prognosis, respond better to chemotherapy and can tolerate higher doses of anticancer treatments. It is therefore important for oncologists to assess and manage malnutrition. Malnutrition, which [more]
The ABC conference on advanced breast cancer gives centre stage to a group of patients who feel theyve been marginalised and their needs ignored for too long. People who have been treated for early-stage breast [more]
Every patient wants to be cured. But a culture that defines success as cure’ condemns many patients and doctors to failure. What does treatment ‘success’ mean in cancer? Does it only mean curing the cancer? [more]