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April 2020
Cancer and COVID-19 took the stage at AACR Annual Meeting
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…
Gender equality in cancer research is still far away
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…
European heavy weights share their wisdom on how to deal with COVID-19 and cancer
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…
Covid-19 pandemic: information and resources to support the cancer care community
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…
The prevalence of vaping among cancer survivors is worrying
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…
What we know, and ignore, of pediatric palliative care
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…
Trends in liver cancer: is it time to change prevention strategies?
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…
Delivering the best cancer care during the pandemic
Key messages from the e-ESO faculty On March 18, the European School of Oncology presented an interactive webinar on how to do this, drawing on the limited data available, the…
AACR calls on US Congress to take quick action against COVID-19
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:…
The ABC Global Alliance launch a Global campaign to raise awareness about advanced breast cancer
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…