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From social determinants to cancer outcomes: the cell biology behind the disparities
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From social determinants to cancer outcomes: the cell biology behind the disparities

  • Janet Fricker
  • 29 April 2022

Raised levels of stress are a normal response to being diagnosed with cancer, and asking patients about their psychological and emotional wellbeing is, or should be, a normal part of…

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A success story in Romania’s struggle to control cervical cancer
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A success story in Romania’s struggle to control cervical cancer

  • Andrei Mihai
  • 26 April 2022

In rural Romania, in a small town called Sadova, some 200 km west of the country’s capital Bucharest, the local community is trying to ensure that their daughters don’t have…

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Developing palliative care: new WHO guidance helps countries tailor their own path
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Developing palliative care: new WHO guidance helps countries tailor their own path

  • Esther Nakkazi
  • 1 April 2022

Image: Delivering palliative care in Kerala, India ©Camilla Perkins, camillaperkins.com Delivering palliative care to avoid unnecessary health-related suffering is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “a moral imperative…

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Global elimination: securing a future free from cervical cancer
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Global elimination: securing a future free from cervical cancer

  • Sophie Fessl
  • 31 March 2022

August 7th 2020, much of the world was in various states of lockdown, anxiously awaiting news about progress in development of vaccines against the new SARS-Cov-2 virus, which by then…

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Do patents encourage or discourage innovation? Intellectual property from ancient Greece to the Covid pandemic
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Do patents encourage or discourage innovation? Intellectual property from ancient Greece to the Covid pandemic

  • Adriana Albini
  • 18 March 2022

In October 2020, India and South Africa submitted to the World Trade Organization (WTO) a proposal for a waiver from certain provisions of the Trips agreement – the 1994 WTO…

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The invisible cure. Should we be talking more about cancer surgery?
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The invisible cure. Should we be talking more about cancer surgery?

  • Anna Wagstaff
  • 10 March 2022

The best chance of being cured of cancer is through surgery by expert surgeons with a deep knowledge of oncology. Why then are the public, patients and policy makers so…

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On being a woman in oncology: in their own words
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On being a woman in oncology: in their own words

  • Anna Wagstaff
  • 11 February 2022

Over the past two decades, Cancer World has had the privilege of publishing profiles of many women who have been leading efforts to improve the quality of cancer care. Coming…

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Informal carers play a key role in cancer care: they need and deserve more support
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Informal carers play a key role in cancer care: they need and deserve more support

  • Sophie Fessl
  • 10 December 2021

What is it worth to patients to have someone they can rely on to provide emotional support and talk things through, help them get to and from appointments, remind them…

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North and South ‒ learning faster means learning together
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North and South ‒ learning faster means learning together

  • Swagata Yadavar
  • 12 November 2021

When you look at the vast waiting area in Mumbai’s world leading Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital, pictured above, what do you see? A crowded chaotic scene where sick patients and…

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Cancer-related fatigue: Might research into long-Covid help find causes and cures?
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Cancer-related fatigue: Might research into long-Covid help find causes and cures?

  • Simon Crompton
  • 17 September 2021

Long-term emotionally and physically debilitating fatigue is a fact of daily life for many who have had cancer. Awareness is low, causes mysterious, and physicians are often sceptical or plead…

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