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Cancer and COVID-19 took the stage at AACR Annual Meeting
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Cancer and COVID-19 took the stage at AACR Annual Meeting

  • Cristina Ferrario
  • 30 April 2020

It was not scheduled in the original scientific program, but as the new coronavirus pandemic has started spreading all over the world, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) dedicated a plenary session of its Annual Meeting to this very…

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Gender equality in cancer research is still far away
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Gender equality in cancer research is still far away

  • Cristina Ferrario
  • 27 April 2020

Despite a positive trend toward equality in the past 3 decades, a substantial gendered difference is now persisting in oncology publications, favouring male first and last authors. “The academic medicine pipeline poses a significant challenge for workforce development, with disproportionately…

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European heavy weights share their wisdom on how to deal with COVID-19 and cancer
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European heavy weights share their wisdom on how to deal with COVID-19 and cancer

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  • 24 April 2020

The consortium Cancer Core Europe has collected, elaborated and shared the steps top experts have taken, while scientific evidence is still in the making Several top cancer centres from all around Europe have just published the results of their in-depth…

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Covid-19 pandemic: information and resources to support the cancer care community
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Covid-19 pandemic: information and resources to support the cancer care community

  • Cristina Ferrario
  • 24 April 2020

As soon as the first analysis of the risk for severe COVID-19 in patients with cancer was published online in Lancet Oncology on February 14th, 2020, it emerged that these patients might have a higher risk of COVID-19 compared to…

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The prevalence of vaping among cancer survivors is worrying
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The prevalence of vaping among cancer survivors is worrying

  • Elena Riboldi
  • 20 April 2020

The use of electronic cigarettes, or vaping, seems to be particularly common among young cancer survivors: according to a survey on a sample of nearly 1,500 young adult (YA) cancer survivors, just published as a research letter in JAMA Oncology,…

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What we know, and ignore, of pediatric palliative care
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What we know, and ignore, of pediatric palliative care

  • Alessia De Chiara
  • 14 April 2020

In discussing palliative care, it has often been asked whether quality of time was important like quantity of life, if not more. And, when patients are children, the answer can become very complex. «If the goal of palliative care is…

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Trends in liver cancer: is it time to change prevention strategies?
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Trends in liver cancer: is it time to change prevention strategies?

  • Cristina Ferrario
  • 9 April 2020

Between 1990 and 2017 the incidence of primary liver cancer (PLC) globally decreased in younger (<30 years) and middle-aged (30-50 years), while increasing in older people (>60 years). Primary prevention strategies and changes in the lifestyle could be mentioned as…

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Delivering the best cancer care during the pandemic
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Delivering the best cancer care during the pandemic

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  • 3 April 2020

Key messages from the e-ESO faculty [caption id="attachment_9782" align="aligncenter" width="1440"] e-ESO coordinator Marco Siano, chief physician at the Interdisciplinary Cancer Service, HRC Hopital Riviera-Chablais Rennaz, Switzerland (left); ESO deputy scientific director Alex Eniu, medical oncologist and head of the breast…

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AACR calls on US Congress to take quick action against COVID-19
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AACR calls on US Congress to take quick action against COVID-19

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  • 2 April 2020

The Board of Directors of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) wrote to the members of the US Congress urging them to act quickly to overcome the COVID-19  pandemic: «Time is of the essence, and we call on you…

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The ABC Global Alliance launch a Global campaign to raise awareness about advanced breast cancer
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The ABC Global Alliance launch a Global campaign to raise awareness about advanced breast cancer

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  • 2 April 2020

There are over two million new cases of breast cancer a year in the world and 0.6 million deaths. About a third of all early breast cancer cases will become metastatic even with the best care, and the average overall…

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