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2020
In memoriam: Alfredo Die Goyanes, oncology surgeon
It is not possible! Alfredo has passed away, he has not been able to overcome the attack of the damn virus that devastates lives and feelings. I try to control…
Roundtable ‘grasps nettle’ on European cancer inequalities
Improving treatment of older patients and closing the East−West divide were the focus of a Community 365 Roundtable on Inequalities organised by the European Cancer Organisation on the 14th October.…
Gut microbiome positively influences abiraterone response in prostate cancer
Abiraterone acetate (AA), an agent used in castrate-resistant prostate cancer, promotes a shift towards health-associated, anti-inflammatory gut commensal bacteria, finds a study in Nature Communications. “These findings clearly demonstrate that…
Cervical cancer: the SENTIX trial
Interview with David Cibula, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. Q. Your recent paper in the European…
Stella Kyriakides: EU Commissioner for Health
When Stella Kyriakides took on the post of EU Health Commissioner in September 2019, Europe’s cancer community knew they could trust her to fight their cause. Within months she was…
Dose dense chemotherapy in Luminal B breast cancers
Interview with Lucia Del Mastro, MD, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, School of Medicine, University of Genova, Italy. Q. Your recent paper in the European Journal of Cancer…
A silver lining: Could changes forced by the pandemic point to better ways to conduct our clinical trials?
Pragmatic adjustments to trial protocols were seen to be essential during the Covid-19 pandemic to avoid trials being abandoned or delayed. Most changes involved reducing the requirements for travelling to…
Their fingers on the button: why neglecting radiation therapists is no longer an option
The job of a radiation therapist may sound straightforward: deliver the right dose of radiation to the right location. But it’s not. These are complex tasks that involve working with…
SPCC task force raises awareness of malnutrition and cachexia in cancer patients
Key points The presence of cachexia is being recognised to have a negative impact on surgery and immune therapy. In the absence of pharmacological therapies multimodal treatments, such as nutrition…
Four steps to eliminating HPV-related cancers: a call for action
A new report underlines that vaccination, screening, treatment and public awareness, provide the cornerstone for eliminating cancers linked to the human papillomavirus (HPV) in Europe. The report was published by…