Why is the cancer mortality gap between Eastern and Western Europe so hard to close?
Efforts to reduce the excess risk of dying from cancer faced by people living in countries of Eastern and Central Europe, compared with their Western counterparts have been high on the European agenda for the best part of two decades.…
Safely pausing or stopping treatment: could this be the future for solid tumours?
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Women, power and cancer in India
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Matti Aapro Chair of the Editorial Board for OncoDaily Medical Journal
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AACR 2024 Distinguished Public Service Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research to Franco Cavalli, MD
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Why is the cancer mortality gap between Eastern and Western Europe so hard to close?
Efforts to reduce the excess risk of dying from cancer faced by people living in countries of Eastern and Central Europe, compared with their Western counterparts have been high on the European agenda for the best part of two decades.…
