Ulrik Ringborg remembers a time before pressure on cancer services led Sweden to abandon a model that combined clinical and research responsibilities. He believes comprehensive cancer centres, similar to those in the US, are key [more]
Romania’s forgotten cancer patients erupted onto the public scene when they staged a demonstration outside the Ministry of Health in May. Things will never be the same again… Download full article
Herceptin may turn out to be the biggest advance in treating breast cancer since tamoxifen. But if we are to prevent soaring drugs bills eating up our health budgets or barring Europe’s poorer patients from [more]
Costs, compatibility and patient privacy have all been cited as reasons why patient records cannot be computerised. But the inability, and reluctance, of doctors and hospitals to use information technology more widely is killing thousands [more]
Haematologist Else Borst Eilers was handed a poisoned chalice as the Minister asked to make cuts in healthcare costs in the Netherlands. She found her salvation in the patient viewpoint, and evidence-based care. Download full [more]