2020 is a special year with unprecedented challenges. The pandemic has slowed down both prevention and treatment opportunities for cancer patients. This is why Think Pink Europe together with 36 charities takes the initiative to [more]
Substantial increases in the number of avoidable cancer deaths in England are predicted as a result of diagnostic delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, report two modeling studies published in the August issue of Lancet [more]
“We had to explain that the reason she had broken her hip was because she was getting weaker and essentially dying… At that stage knowing whether Mum had days or months left would have been [more]
A 20-year follow-up of the two Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) hormone replacement studies found that, among postmenopausal women with prior hysterectomy, use of oestrogen in comparison to placebo was associated with lower breast cancer incidence [more]
With a bigger role for European Reference Networks foreseen for Europe’s post-pandemic future, we ask: are they fulfilling their mandate to improve the quality of diagnostics and care for patients with rare cancers? What value [more]