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Adriana Albini
Pandemics, War, Reconstruction and the Duty of Medicine and Science
“It is sufficiently obvious that the problems of reconstruction following the war will tax the intelligence and good will of mankind to the utmost. It is also certain that mistakes made during this period will have more serious consequences…
Do patents encourage or discourage innovation? Intellectual property from ancient Greece to the Covid pandemic
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 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The rationale…
A fair chance for women in oncology: we must all insist on change
Women are under-represented in positions of power and leadership, in scientific and health disciplines across the world. This has been widely recognised for decades, yet efforts to implement the changes required to give women a fair chance have met with…
Examples of telemedicine application worldwide
The third webinar in the Telemedicine in Cancer Care Project was chaired by Gustavo Werutsky, Clinical Director of the Breast Cancer Centre at Hospital São Lucas PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Chair of the Latin American Corporative Oncology Group. The…
Efficiency in Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan
The session was chaired by Marlene Thomas, Global Medical Lead for Integrated Health Care Solutions at Roche Headquarters. In February 2021, Europe's Beating Cancer Plan was launched. The plan takes a very holistic approach to the patient journey as it…
Evolution of the doctor-patient relationship: from ancient times to the personalised medicine era
The nature of the doctor–patient relationship has gone through various phases in history, based on the changing role of the physician in the community, as well as progress in medicine and increased choices of care, together with better-informed patients. Broadly…
Examples of best practice from All.Can efficiency hub – Part 2
Antonella Cardone, Director of the European Cancer Patient Coalition and Board Member of All.Can Brussels, opened the session with a brief recap on All.Can and its initiatives. All.Can is an international multi-stakeholder platform, a thought-leader in cancer care in Europe…
The new frontiers in telemedicine
Chair and first speaker of this webinar was Florian Scotté, medical oncologist and Head of the Patient Pathway division at the Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. Telemedicine and technological innovation in cancer care The first tool of the remote hospital,…
Examples of efficiency in cancer care from the All.Can efficiency Hub – Part 1
The SPCC Webinar entitled “Examples of efficiency in cancer care from the All.Can efficiency Hub – Part 1” was held on October 25, 2021. All.Can’s efficiency hub aims to collect as many examples as possible on how to improve efficiency…
The deployment and implementation of telemedicine
The second webinar addressing telemedicine was chaired by Sana Al Sukhun, who also gave the last presentation. Dr Al Sukhun is a consultant in Medical Oncology/Hematology, Director of the Al Hyatt Oncology Practice, Amman, Jordan, and Chair of International Affairs…