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Adriana Albini
Giorgio Parmiani: Cancer immunology looses a mentor and a pioneer
I am writing a note in tribute to one of our oncology research leaders, who has just left us: Giorgio Parmiani – a pioneer in immunology. The scientific community mourns him. Parmiani was internationally recognised in the field of tumour…
Optimisation and Efficiency in Cancer Care
The Third SPCC Webinar entitled “Optimisation and Efficiency in Cancer Care” was held on February 10, 2021. The series of webinars is called "Spotlights on Improving Efficiency in Cancer Care" and includes 11 monthly meetings from December 2020 to October…
Natural killers: a new tactical unit joins the cancer immunotherapy brigade
There was a time when all that oncologists treating solid tumours needed to know about leukocytes was how to measure the damage that cytotoxic drugs inflicted on their patients’ white blood cell count and their capacity to fight off infections.…
Moving towards efficiency in cancer care: Examples
Improving Efficiency in Cancer Care"- 2nd event The series of webinars called "Spotlights on Improving Efficiency in Cancer Care" and including 11 monthly meetings from December 2020 to October 2021 is going forward. The Second SPCC Webinar is entitled "Moving…
Gordon McVie 1945–2021: a lifetime dedicated to defeating cancer
Gordon McVie passed away on January 20th after a lifetime of pioneering contributions to the cause of defeating cancer: as clinician, researcher, manager, advocate and educator. He was a formidable presence on the UK and European stage, driven by a…
The sunshine hormone: the many wonders of vitamin D
Vitamin D has drawn much scientific interest and media coverage in recent years, and increasingly so in 2020, when a link was found between vitamin D deficiency and Covid-19. This is a very unusual vitamin, in that it behaves both…
Improving Efficiency in Cancer Care
A series of webinars called "Spotlights on Improving Efficiency in Cancer Care" and including 11 monthly meetings from December 2020 to October 2021 was just inaugured by SPCC. The First Webinar entitled "Improving Efficiency in Cancer Care" was held online…
Adriana Albini, editor in chief, presents Cancer World issue 89
Editor Adriana Albini talks readers through the stories we’ve selected for our Winter print issue. They cover a wide range of topics, but are really interested only in one thing: how do we improve the quality of care we tailor…
Thank you virologists! – Nobel Prize spotlights virus-associated cancers
With the 2020 Nobel Prize going to three scientists who led on the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, Adriana Albini acknowledges the valuable contributions that these and other virologists have made over many decades to advancing our understanding of…
These COVID days
‘Tackling cancer in interesting times’ was the theme of my first Editorial for Cancer World. I wrote that at the start of February this year, at a time when Europe remained largely oblivious to the implications of a new virus…