Working lives can be an important part of who we are, and many of us also need to work for financial reasons. Yet cancer survivors often have to struggle to get their working lives back [more]
Paediatric oncologists are highly focused on how to minimise and manage the life-long damage their treatments inflict on young patients health. But for young survivors, the most immediate challenge is how to get an interrupted [more]
Broadcaster Katrin Zöfel showed the value of good journalism with her half-hour broadcast for Deutschlandfunk, German national radio, which told the stories of people living with long-term effects of being treated for cancer. More than [more]
EORTC boosts efforts to address the long-term problems faced by people who have been treated for cancer. The number of people who are living long lives after cancer treatment has been rising year on year, [more]
By the time they reach 40, survivors of childhood cancers are likely to have at least one chronic health problem resulting from their treatment. The search is now on for ways to help people manage [more]
As we learn more about what lies behind the differences in cancer outcomes across Europe, the question becomes: how do we end them? This article was first published in The Oncologist vol.18 no.12, and is [more]
An exercise programme can improve patients’ physical ability to function, lift their mood and may even lower their chance of recurrence. Four million people will be living with a diagnosis of cancer in the UK [more]
Helping patients make the best of their lives after treatment starts with thinking ahead before treatment and tailoring support for as long as it is needed. A leader in the field talks about key issues [more]
As more cancer patients survive longer, the need for rehabilitation services is rising up the political agenda, driven by patients who want their lives back, and by policy makers who want people to get back [more]