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EORTC pushes for the State of Science in Care
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EORTC pushes for the State of Science in Care

  • Denis Lacombe
  • 30 May 2020

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 just identifying and talking about…

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A global registry for children with cancer and COVID-19
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A global registry for children with cancer and COVID-19

  • Alessia De Chiara
  • 25 May 2020

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, are being set up around…

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Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer patients
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Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer patients

  • Cristina Ferrario
  • 21 May 2020

In the COVID-19 era, oncologists all over the world have changed their schedules and daily routine practice according to recommendations from cancer professional associations, prioritising care of the most aggressive tumours and cancelling or postponing non-essential tests and screenings. Moreover,…

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Lynn Faulds Wood: consumer rights watchdog who took up the cause of cancer patients
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Lynn Faulds Wood: consumer rights watchdog who took up the cause of cancer patients

  • Marc Beishon
  • 21 May 2020

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 European cancer patients and advocates…

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Cancer nursing, COVID-19 and healthcare inequality
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Cancer nursing, COVID-19 and healthcare inequality

  • Andreas Charalambous
  • 18 May 2020

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 of the current COVID-19 crisis.…

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Hormone therapy for prostate cancer may shield from COVID-19
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Hormone therapy for prostate cancer may shield from COVID-19

  • Elena Riboldi
  • 18 May 2020

[caption id="attachment_9949" align="alignright" width="324"] Abnormal Lipid Metabolism in Prostate Cancer (Source: National Cancer Institute Purdue University Center for Cancer Research. Image by Ji-Xin Cheng)[/caption] Prostate cancer patients treated with androgen-deprivation therapies (ADTs) seem to have a lower risk of SARS-CoV-2…

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The misuse of “noninferiority” in presenting trials is often misleading
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The misuse of “noninferiority” in presenting trials is often misleading

  • Elena Riboldi
  • 11 May 2020

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 from the University of Turin…

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Delivering cancer care during the pandemic in Europe’s most overstretched health system
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Delivering cancer care during the pandemic in Europe’s most overstretched health system

  • Geta Roman
  • 10 May 2020

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 ‒ the lowest of any…

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MDT meetings: why patient care suffers if I’m not there
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MDT meetings: why patient care suffers if I’m not there

  • Janet Fricker
  • 10 May 2020

In a disease as complex as cancer it seems the most logical way to ensure uniform standards of high quality care for all patients. Team meetings can also offer opportunities for education, provide a way to increase the number of…

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Artificial intelligence might help improve the classification of colorectal polyps
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Artificial intelligence might help improve the classification of colorectal polyps

  • Alessia De Chiara
  • 4 May 2020

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 Lebanon (New Hampshire). The team…

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