International collaboration, data sharing and investing in research is how we’ll tame the COVID-19 virus, explains Cancer World editor Adriana Albini. An immunologist now on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Cancer [more]
The reduction in birth rate has been blamed in the past for the increase in breast cancer in young women, but now a study just published in JAMA Network Open (JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(3):e200929. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.0929) [more]
Once seen as an exclusive ‘men’s club’, women have broken into the surgical profession over the past 50 years and proved their value. Yet they remain significantly underrepresented, particularly at the higher echelons, even in [more]
How do you build an evidence base to inform treatment choices that are tailored to the unique genomic profile of each patient and their disease? Sophie Fessl talks to some leading clinical researchers and statisticians [more]
After defeating cancer, people are facing other worries, which too often remain unsolved, even though they are seeking for help, according to a Canadian study concluding that it’s time to enhance survivorship care: «Without appropriate [more]
This is a particularly worrying time for people going through chemotherapy and other treatments that suppress the immune system. So what advice is being offered by oncology departments and what extra measures are being taken [more]
Retraction Watch was born as a blog to unveil the reasons behind the retraction of a paper. It is now a comprehensive database helping to foster a better quality of research, including in oncology. Esther [more]
A joint ESO-SPCC task-force met to design a strategy to help different actors involved in cancer care to optimise patient journey, tackling challenges from different points of view. “I think the focus here is not [more]
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a significant threat for cancer patients, which deserve to be protected through immediate action on several levels all over Europe, according to a statement published today by the European Cancer Organisation [more]
According to an extensive systematic review recently published in the British Journal of Cancer, there is no evidence for a protective role of polyunsaturated fat (PUFAs) against the risk of cancer. Moreover, a very high [more]
Most of the revolutionary techniques now used to investigate cancers, their development and response to treatments were already ‘old news’ by the time Balkees Abderrahman entered cancer research. Currently a Living Legend Fellow of Cancer [more]
COVID-19 outbreak poses a severe threat to the health of millions of people worldwide, including cancer patients. What do we know about SARS-CoV-2 infection in this specific population? The analysis of data coming from a [more]
Soul and courage: these are the two words italian oncologist Dino Amadori chose in the autobiography he published less than two years ago to describe what guided him alla along his “life against cancer”. Dino [more]