Cancer services: how much is enough?
At a time when the search for the ideal recipe of the most effective multidisciplinary approach to cancer care is still on, the life of millions of cancer patients around the world could be saved [more]
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What did we learn from the European Partnership for Action Against Cancer?
The recently concluded Partnership programme marked the first time that EU member states have taken a joint approach to improving cancer plans and the organisation of services. Was it a worthwhile exercise? And where do [more]
The right place for the right patient… at the right cost
Urology surgeon Nicola Nicolai proposes key criteria for sustainable services that provide each patient with access to the level of specialist services that they need. Debates about the benefits and drawbacks of centralising the planning [more]
Personalised medicine: a note of caution
Tailoring a patient’s treatment to the particular biology of their cancer holds out the enticing prospect of avoiding over-treatment and reducing unnecessary toxicity. But delivering the right option for the right patient at the right [more]
Adapting services to the age of oral therapies
The increasing use of oral cancer drugs is contributing to a change in the way cancer services are organised, leading to many more patients receiving care in an ambulatory setting. Download full article
Mike Richards: the man with the plan
Congratulations, you are now in charge of sorting out England’s failing cancer services, what are your plans and can you start on Monday? The job offer took Mike Richards by surprise but, mindful of the [more]
The X factor
How can cancer services deliver top-quality, affordable care to aging populations in an era of fast-changing treatments and escalating costs? Five countries with something to offer and something to learn met to compare notes. Download [more]
David Khayat: driving the French cancer plan
A committed medical oncologist, David Khayat reluctantly dragged himself away from his patients in 2003 to oversee the implementation of the French cancer plan. This grand and sweeping venture exercises huge control over cancer services, [more]
Switzerland’s cancer president
When it comes to fighting cancer, coordination is key. And in the fiercely autonomous cantons of Switzerland, that coordination is provided by a network of institutes, leagues and foundations that covers everything from prevention and [more]
Award for journalist who exposed failings in Hungary’s cancer services
Viktória Kun, Health Correspondent on the leading Hungarian national daily newspaper Népszabadság, is one of two winners* of this year’s ACE (Awarding Cancer Enlightenment) Reporters’ Award. Here we reprint an article in which she highlights [more]
They could be alive today
Every year thousands of people die unnecessarily from cancer because their care is sub-optimal or arrives too late. Europe has known where the problems are for more than a decade and has the knowledge to [more]