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Chiara Gasparotto – winning the case for better access to radiotherapy

A quarter of cancer patients who could benefit from radiotherapy do not receive it. As head of policy and partnerships, Chiara Gasparotto is positioning the European Society for Radiotherapy to make the case for better [more]
AI will help Cinderella to see herself in the mirror

Almost three in ten patients who undergo breast reconstruction after cancer surgery are unhappy with the results. This may be due to objective failures, but often dissatisfaction comes from unrealistic expectations. Daniela Ovadia talked to [more]
The unique toxicities of CAR-T cell therapy

Toxicities related to CAR T cell therapy are very different from the toxic side effects associated with classical chemotherapy or targeted therapy. Oncologists need to know what to look out for, how to assess them [more]
Tackling resistance to anti-EGFR therapies, from challenges to re-challenge

New technologies and innovative approaches can help preventing and overcome innate or acquired resistance to EGFR inhibitors, improving their therapeutic effects Since their first approval and use, more than 15 years ago, inhibitors of the [more]
ABC5 reaches an agreement on advanced breast cancer

Cancerworld witnessed the final consensus meeting that produced the new guidelines on advanced breast cancer. The consensus panel gathered in Lisbon during ABC5 to discuss, and sometimes to disagree. At the end, the experts voted more than 50 statements, some of them totally new for the topic [more]

UNESCO pledges to end the gender imbalance in science

News 11 February 2020 0

Science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Over the past 15 years, [more]
New evidence shows effectiveness of a single-dose of HPV vaccine

News 10 February 2020 0

To prevent pre-invasive cervical disease, a single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could be enough. Investigation of more than 130,000 young women suggests that 1 dose [more]

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