As a journalist, I often wonder about the exact location of the fine line that separates justified enthusiasm from self-serving hype, especially when it comes to clinical trials. Last week, I asked the question of [more]
The cost of drugs and the critical importance of the patient voice in designing clinical trials were two of the key issues picked out by journalists who attended the European Cancer Congress (ECCO 2017) recently [more]
Health journalists from all over Europe are invited to apply for one of the 12 fellowships to attend the European Cancer Congress ECCO2017, which will be held in Amsterdam from 27-30 January 2017, with the [more]
How can journalists help raise the profile of cancer and get it on the political agenda in countries where infectious diseases get most attention, reliable data are scarce, doctors are reluctant to talk and editors [more]
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]
Better understanding of the impact that treating pregnant women for cancer has on their unborn child means women in this position have more options open to them, as Ainhoa Iriberri explains in this article, which [more]
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]
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]
When stories exaggerate the implications of the latest research, is this the fault of the media? Asession on reporting cancer breakthroughs found pressure also comes from researchers and pharmaceutical companies. Maybe the greatest pressure comes [more]
The European School of Oncology marked the end of its 25th anniversary year by inviting a top-level line up of experts to debate, in front of the media, how effectively we are tackling cancer and [more]
Cancer has a pretty poor public image. Myths and misconceptions fuel negative attitudes and ignorance about the disease. The media, in turn, can either fuel these misconceptions, or it can challenge them. Download full article
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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]