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Anna Wagstaff
Voices from WOF: “We need to make care affordable and strengthen our health workforce”
What progress can we point to? I think there has been a tremendous amount of progress in understanding the dimensions and distribution of cancer as a growing global threat. Not only about the types of cancer in each region, but…
Voices from WOF: “In this post-Covid world we have new opportunities to harness technology”
What progress can we point to? In today’s global health world, we do now understand that noncommunicable diseases [NCDs] are a priority, and within NCDs, that cancer is the highest priority. But are countries discussing this, and thinking about strategies?…
Voices from WOF: “We need to think critically about how our healthcare system can deliver the best for patients”
What progress can we point to? In Africa, there is a growing awareness of cancers, not just among the healthcare professionals but also communities. This has been largely due to grassroots advocacy – people who were cancer champions coming out…
Voices from WOF: “We’ve been talking to decision makers for 20 years. It hasn’t worked. We have to engage better with the public”
What progress can we point to? In the last 10 years we have seen significant progress in science and the depth of understanding of cancer – its complexity and biology. We also have new tools available, so patients with cancer…
Voices from WOF: What is not being discussed is how do we improve wellbeing?
What progress can we point to? I think we have made good progress in prevention, secondary prevention, especially in terms of screening for cervical cancer, HPV vaccination, elimination of cervical cancer – that is where we are heading in the…
Europe’s patient advocates skill up to better influence cancer care and research agendas
Patient advocates for a wide range of cancer communities across Europe spent four days at the start of July honing the skills they need to influence the policy, research and healthcare decisions that matter to them. This was the second…
Mariam Kukhalashvili: solving Georgia’s cancer problems
Clinical oncologist Mariam Kukhalashvili was only 32 when, in 2021, she was appointed head of the outpatient department at the Western Georgia Oncology Centre in Kutaisi – one of the largest and most up-to-date cancer services outside the capital Tbilisi.…
Ian Magrath: a visionary who prepared the ground for the global oncology initiatives of today
Ian Magrath, lymphoma specialist and champion of cancer care in the developing world, has died in Brussels, aged 78. An exceptional cancer researcher, physician and teacher, he will be remembered for his pioneering role putting cancer care on the global…
Hansjörg Senn of St Gallen: A practice-changing career
The speed of progress in breast cancer – not just survival, but also quality of life and survivorship – has been the envy of the wider cancer community for many decades. The factors contributing to this relative success are many…
Ending cancer inequalities: European summit showcases new tools to inform policy
Two ambitious data initiatives aimed at tracking a wide range of inequalities that contribute to big differences in the risk of dying from cancer were highlighted in the opening session of the 2022 European Cancer Summit, held in Brussels, November…