Farewell to chemotherapy?
Chemotherapy. That’s the word Jana Hermann doesn’t want to hear under any circumstances. She has breast cancer; she received the diagnosis four weeks ago. She underwent surgery to remove one of her breasts and five [more]
Best Cancer Reporter Award
Asking the value for money questions
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]
Asking the dumb questions
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]
The price of survival
Broadcaster Katrin Zöfel showed the value of good journalism with her half-hour broadcast for Deutschlandfunk, German national radio, which told the stories of people living with long-term effects of being treated for cancer. More than [more]
The patient touts
Christiane Hawranek and Marco Maurer, freelance print and radio journalists, won a Best Cancer Reporter Award for their exposé of the agencies that exploit foreign patients seeking treatment for cancer and other serious conditions. They [more]
Challenging the sceptics with stories of hope
It was stumbling across a poster for a meeting about cancer in the developing world that turned journalist Joanne Silberner from a sceptic into a believer, and prompted her to do her bit to change [more]
Tobacco tactics in the headlines
At a time when the British media has been under the spotlight for its for poor ethical standards, The Independent’s Big Tobacco Exposed series shows why good investigative journalism remains so important in opening powerful [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]
Think before you ruin your patient’s chance of parenthood
The plight of cancer patients for whom treatment means risking losing the opportunity to have children was taken up in a piece that earned Sławomir Zagórski a BCRA. Download full article
Our role in moulding the image of cancer
The mass media and high-profile cancer campaigns have a major influence in shaping public perceptions of cancer. But who can influence the media? Download full article
Desperately seeking a bone marrow match
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
Shining a light on nanoparticle therapy
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]
Prize for journalist who tackled taboo subject of rationing cancer therapies
We republish here a article that earned health journalist Nicola Kuhrt a Best Cancer Reporter Award. Download full article