EORTC pushes for the State of Science in Care
Covid-19 has taught us that we need to think differently about many issues. One of the most important, in my view, is that we need to be ready to act quickly and decisively rather than [more]
May 2020
A global registry for children with cancer and COVID-19
While a deeper knowledge about the impact of COVID-19 disease on cancer patients is essential, sharing information is likewise important. For these purposes, a number of registries, which gather different data including patients’ outcomes or treatment, [more]
Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer patients
The coronavirus pandemic is increasing the risk that cancer gets ‘left behind’. According to data and estimates from Europe and the US, extreme pressure on healthcare systems is impacting heavily on rates of cancer screening [more]
Lynn Faulds Wood: consumer rights watchdog who took up the cause of cancer patients
Many tributes have been paid to Lynn Faulds Wood, the co-founder and first president of the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC), who has died aged 72. She had a profound influence on giving voice to [more]
Cancer nursing, COVID-19 and healthcare inequality
This year European Cancer Nursing Day ECND2020 on 18 May will be special because this is the World Health Organisation’s Year of the Nurse and Midwife; but also because it takes place in the midst [more]
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer may shield from COVID-19
Prostate cancer patients treated with androgen-deprivation therapies (ADTs) seem to have a lower risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 complications compared to patients not treated with ADTs and compared to other cancer patients. If confirmed, [more]
The misuse of “noninferiority” in presenting trials is often misleading
When researchers have the opportunity to present their trials at medical meetings, they tend to use not-negative conclusions to discuss formally negative results. A research published in JAMA Oncology by a group of Italian oncologists [more]
Delivering cancer care during the pandemic in Europe’s most overstretched health system
In a 2016 Voices post, Geta Roman wrote about the daily struggle to deliver timely and high-quality diagnostics and care in a health system with a per capita healthcare expenditure of only €400 a year [more]
MDT meetings: why patient care suffers if I’m not there
Multidisciplinary team meetings should be where the full details of a patient’s cancer diagnosis are discussed by specialists with the cutting-edge knowledge and expertise in treating cancer and the relevant information about the patient – [more]
Artificial intelligence might help improve the classification of colorectal polyps
Deep neural networks are as good as practicing pathologists in classifying colorectal polyps, according to an experiment by a computer science and clinical research team led by Saeed Hassanpour, from the Dartmouth Cancer Center in [more]