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Ending substandard treatment in lung cancer

Number 78

Featured, Spotlight on 9 May 2017 0

Lung cancer kills more people in Europe than any other type of cancer, yet efforts to monitor and improve standards of treatment and care have lagged behind those of less fatal cancers, such as breast [more]

Reality check in Mumbai – Experts debate the evidence on leaving cancer care to the market

Number 78

Featured, Our World 9 May 2017 0

How far can private and philanthropic providers meet the rapidly rising need for cancer detection, treatment and care in low- and middle-income countries? Sandhya Srinivasan reports on a high-profile debate involving economists, policy makers, clinicians [more]

Generic cancer drugs that we can trust

Number 65

Systems & Services 1 March 2015 0

Generics markets are gearing up for the expiry of patents on some of the first targeted cancer drugs. It’s good news for greater access, but patients want reassurance that switching to generics won’t put them [more]

Knocking at the door of the global agenda setters

Number 65

Spotlight on 1 March 2015 0

The World Oncology Forum is challenging global policy makers to face the reality that current approaches to controlling cancer are not fit for purpose. An invitation to Davos shows they may be listening, but do [more]

Nurturing empathy: an oncologist looks at medicine and himself

Number 65

Focus 1 March 2015 0

How do we allow such behaviour among colleagues? asks the author, after experiencing what it’s like to feel vulnerable and in pain when your doctor doesn’t seem to care. This article was first published in [more]

A life worth living: we could do much more to help patients with depression

Number 64

Systems & Services 1 January 2015 0

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]

The heroic role of the caregiver in oncology

Number 63

Focus 1 December 2014 0

Doctors in Tel Aviv teamed up with a photojournalist to learn more about the role of the ‘unsung heroes’ who place their patient–companion at the heart of their world. This article was first published in [more]

Shelley Dolan: walking alongside patients

Number 62

Cover Story 1 October 2014 0

Nurses are not the only ones who care and can nurture, support and explain things to patients who are scared and vulnerable, says pioneering cancer nurse Shelley Dolan. But they are the only health professionals [more]

The letter to which I couldn’t reply

Number 62

Senza categoria 1 October 2014 0

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]

Challenging the sceptics with stories of hope

Number 58

Spotlight on 1 January 2014 0

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]

They could be alive today

Number 6

Grandround 1 May 2005 0

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]

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