Caught between cancer and a conflict zone
Cancer is not the first thing that springs to mind when one thinks about conflict and refugees, but bear with me and I will explain why this is such a problem now. Back in the [more]
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Belgrade (Serbia) 2-3/12/2016 – Supportive Care in Cancer Patients
The Regional Education Meeting on Supportive Care in Cancer Patients for Eastern European and Balkan region will be held in Belgrade, Serbia, on 2-3 December 2016, at Hotel Falkensteiner. The course is held under the auspices of the [more]
Madrid (Spain) 19/05/2016 – ESO, CNIO and NRCO Conference on Familial Cancer
ESO, CNIO and NRCO Conference on Familial Cancer 19/05/2016 – 20/05/2016, Madrid, Spain Chairs: R. Eeles, UK – W.D. Foulkes, CA – M. Robledo, ES – H. Vasen, NL The ESO, CNIO and NRCO Conference [more]
What can we learn from liquid biopsies?
Early detection, disease prognosis, a guide to treatment, a key to unlock the secrets of how cancers evolve. Researchers have high hopes for what they can learn from the biological detritus shed by primary tumours [more]
Does lack of physical exercise jeopardise a patient’s chances of survival?
Exercise reduces the risks of getting some cancers but what about after diagnosis? What should we be advising our patients? Be physically active in everyday life. Limit the time you spend sitting.” So says [more]
Championing healthcare in an age of austerity: an interview with the European Health Commissioner
Vytenis Andriukaitis talks to Cancer Worlds Anna Wagstaff about what Europe needs to do to safeguard and extend access to high-quality cancer care in challenging times. How can European countries provide a rapidly rising number [more]
Frederic Amant: building the evidence base for saving mother and child
Understanding the impact of treating the mother on the long-term health of her unborn child has long been held back by logistical and ethical obstacles to researching this rare patient population. Frédéric Amant took up [more]
Cancer Core Europe
Can deep and close-knit collaboration between a handful of elite centres achieve what broader European research platforms and projects cannot? There has been talk about setting up a European cancer institute to rival the American [more]
A decade of discovery in cancer genomics
Over the past decade, genetic testing for rare inherited mutations, such as BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, has been successfully incorporated into clinical practice. Next-generation sequencing of cancer-susceptibility genes and entire tumour genomes has transformed cancer [more]
In the jungle of the miracle healers
It was her own fault that she lost her chance to be cured. Or was it? This article, which was first published in the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, and won its author a [more]