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Manfred Wirth: a tribute to a pioneer of urological advancement in Europe
Cancerworld mourns the loss of Professor Manfred Wirth, a leading light in European urology. His remarkable contributions to the field earned him the esteemed Willy Gregoir Medal, marking him as a true pioneer. We share here the tribute from the…
In memoriam Louis Denis
We remember with immense fondness Louis Denis, a great urologist and patient advocate, and a warm, funny and kind human being, who died on July 21 2021. Louis was among the ‘founding fathers’ of the European School of Oncology. His…
Solange Peters: ESMO President
The second woman ever to hold the ESMO presidency, Solange Peters brings to the role impressive clinical and research experience in lung cancer, one of the most challenging and fast-moving areas of oncology. Cancer World asked her about how ESMO…
The burden of thyroid cancer increases worldwide
The global burden of thyroid cancer is increasing worldwide, according to a cross-sectional study with data from 195 countries just published in Jama Network Open. The study, by Jun Lyu and colleagues from the Jinan University in Guangzhou, China, evaluated…
AACR: cancer vaccine combination shows clinical activity in advanced solid tumors
According to an industry-funded, preliminary clinical trial presented at the AACR Virtual Annual Meeting currently underway, a personalized cancer vaccine in combination with the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab appears to be well tolerated and to show modest clinical benefit in patients…
European heavy weights share their wisdom on how to deal with COVID-19 and cancer
The consortium Cancer Core Europe has collected, elaborated and shared the steps top experts have taken, while scientific evidence is still in the making Several top cancer centres from all around Europe have just published the results of their in-depth…
Delivering the best cancer care during the pandemic
Key messages from the e-ESO faculty [caption id="attachment_9782" align="aligncenter" width="1440"] e-ESO coordinator Marco Siano, chief physician at the Interdisciplinary Cancer Service, HRC Hopital Riviera-Chablais Rennaz, Switzerland (left); ESO deputy scientific director Alex Eniu, medical oncologist and head of the breast…
AACR calls on US Congress to take quick action against COVID-19
The Board of Directors of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) wrote to the members of the US Congress urging them to act quickly to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic: «Time is of the essence, and we call on you…
The ABC Global Alliance launch a Global campaign to raise awareness about advanced breast cancer
There are over two million new cases of breast cancer a year in the world and 0.6 million deaths. About a third of all early breast cancer cases will become metastatic even with the best care, and the average overall…
COVID-19: Cancer World editor and immunologist Adriana Albini explains how it works and how researchers are hoping to tame it
International collaboration, data sharing and investing in research is how we’ll tame the COVID-19 virus, explains Cancer World editor Adriana Albini. An immunologist now on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Cancer Research, Albini was part of…