Trust me: I’m a surgical oncologist!
Surgery has been the mainstay for treating solid tumours since the dawn of cancer treatment, and recent decades have seen a huge increase in the complexity and multidisciplinary demands of…
Pain relief is a right: building confidence in opioid use in oncology
Opioid analgesics are essential for pain relief and pain treatment in patients with active malignant disease. Yet, in 2011, the World Health Organization estimated that, worldwide, 5.5 million people living…
Angelo Di Leo leaves a living legacy of quality care and research excellence
Future generations of trials must abandon [the traditional] method of patient selection and define eligibility by tumor biology… The era of breast cancer as a homogenous disease is no more. (Ode…
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Wake-up call to offer equal access to life-prolonging treatments in metastatic prostate cancer
Less than one third of men with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC) received established treatment intensification by 2018 that had been demonstrated to extend survival. The US study evaluating real-world…
SPCC Strategic Plan 2020-2022
SPCC wants to confirm and broaden its activity as an internationally recognised and highly respected provider of independent, evidence-based medical education in the cancer field and to increase knowledge in…
Cancer Nurses – The Key To Prevention, Risk Reduction And Tackling The European Cancer Burden
European Cancer Nursing Day (ECND21), takes place every year on 18 May, organised by the European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS). This year, it will focus on the impact cancer nurses…
How can we best exploit cancer registries to the benefit of clinical research?
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the role of clinical data registries to the fore once again. Such registries use observational study methods to collect data about the treatment, outcomes, and…
From 1918 to 2020, the lessons of pandemics remain
From 1918 to 2020, the lessons of pandemics remain: health systems must be kept strong, and international health cooperation underpinned “The new normal” and “unprecedented times” are phrases all of…
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Trust me: I’m a surgical oncologist!
Surgery has been the mainstay for treating solid tumours since the dawn of cancer treatment, and recent decades have seen a huge increase in the complexity and multidisciplinary demands of…
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