Cervical cancer elimination efforts boosted by simpler ways to identify and treat pre-cancerous lesions
Project sites in seven low-income countries have reached the 90% targets set by the World Health Organization (WHO) for treating women identified with pre-cancerous lesions. This success was achieved using…
The cancer patients still struggling to access drugs in the wake of anti-corruption reforms
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Henry Rodriguez: driving the next step in precision medicine and international Cancer Moonshot cooperation
Precision cancer medicine aims to improve diagnosis and treatment at the molecular level. Although genomics has influenced what precision medicine encompasses today, research is at a turning point. There is…
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Study highlights need to reanalyse genomics and genetics of metastatic tumours
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SPCC Strategic Plan 2023-2025
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…
The Working with Cancer Pledge
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World Pancreatic Cancer Day
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This is the one event you cannot afford to miss!
The European Cancer Summit 2022, organised by the European Cancer Organisation, will feature thought leaders in cancer care – from across Europe and beyond. What you hear during two days…
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The cancer patients still struggling to access drugs in the wake of anti-corruption reforms
Miriam Espinoza, a food vendor from Michoacán, Mexico, still remembers the day she received her cancer diagnosis in 2019. After months of waiting for a CT scan and several visits…
