When your patient tells you they’re still not better, please accept what they say
“A staggeringly high number of patients still suffer from significant health issues years after being declared disease free.” The words of Dorothy Keefe, head of Australia’s national cancer agency and…
The development of organoids for cancer research: an ode to the scientific method
Some twenty years ago, I sailed with my two little sons Sander (aged 7) and Max (aged 5) on the Ijsselmeer, formerly a large inner sea in the centre of…
Cancer and fertility preservation: it can be done… Can’t it?
“I was 26 when I was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2015. I knew before starting cancer treatment that it is possible to preserve fertility. But having been knocked flat…
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What’s new in lung and colorectal cancer? reports from ESMO 2021
New research findings presented at ESMO 2021 show progress in adjuvant treatment for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a novel inhibitor for HER2+ NSCLC patients, and the latest from the FOCUS…
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…
Comprehensive Cancer Centres: The Foundation for Beating Cancer Plan and Cancer Mission Success
With forthcoming Autumn meetings of the Commission, Member States and Parliament on implementation of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, the European Cancer Organisation and Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI) have…
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…
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Surviving childhood cancer: how we standardise care across Europe
When Lejla Kameric’s daughter was treated for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the twelve-year-old had to get through lumbar punctures without pain relief. “15 years ago in Bosnia, painful procedures and diagnostic activities…
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