Number 49

Salvage chemotherapy in gastric cancer – more than a straw?

Impact Factor 1 July 2012 0

The benefit of salvage chemotherapy in gastric cancer refractory to first-line platinum and fluoropyrimidine therapy was previously unknown. A randomised multicentre study has shown that irinotecan or docetaxel administered...... [ more ]

Manufacturer sponsorship bias in economic analyses matters

Impact Factor 1 July 2012 0

A qualitative study indicates that there is a positive selection bias towards favourable economic analysis of targeted therapies when these are funded by the manufacturer. At a time of increasing budgetary constraints and public..... [ more ]

Newsround

Senza categoria 1 July 2012 0

Selected reports edited by Janet Fricker... [ more ]

Winning or losing? ESO asks the experts

Editorial 1 July 2012 0

To mark 30 years of helping to improve the quality of care provided to cancer patients, ESO is convening a jury of 100 experts at the World Oncology Forum in Lugano this October to examine the progress in the war against cancer.... [ more ]

Patients pay a price for spending cuts

Systems & Services 1 July 2012 0

Austerity measures brought in to tackle the debt crisis are affecting frontline healthcare services in many countries, particularly in the complex, expensive field of oncology. Cancer World asked readers to share their first-hand... [ more ]

Mary Gospodarowicz: Just do it

Cover Story 1 July 2012 0

Implement guidelines, adopt what works and reject what doesn't, focus on cost-effectiveness--there are so many ways cancer care could be improved. Mary Gospodarowicz, believer, pragmatist and 'raving optimist', is determined...... [ more ]

New accomplishments in breast cancer chemoprevention

Grandround 1 July 2012 0

Too toxic, too untargeted, too difficult to prove. These assumptions about chemoprevention are being challenged by important developments in the search for preventive options tailored to specific risk factors in breast cancer. ... [ more ]

Breaking Boundaries

Spotlight on 1 July 2012 0

Often mistaken for a radiotherapist or medical oncologist, this expert in voice-box sparing strategies has reached out to a wide variety of professionals-- most recently actors-- in his quest to improve the chances of patients...... [ more ]

If you could see it through my eyes…

Patient Voice 1 July 2012 0

Cancer patients who do not share their doctors' belief in the drug they are prescribed, or find living with the side-effects hard to bear, may fail to take their pills according to the prescription-- and may prefer to keep this...... [ more ]