Supporting patients in distress

1 September 2013 0

The emotional and psychological impact of being diagnosed and treated for cancer can be at least as severe as the toll the disease and treatment takes on a patient’s physical health. Distress – the range [more]

The emotional and psychological impact of being diagnosed and treated for cancer can be at least as severe as the toll the disease and treatment takes on a patient's physical health.... [ more ]

Jim Watson: DNA revealed the causes, it may never reveal a cure

1 September 2013 0

Nobel laureate Jim Watson is calling on the cancer community to take a long hard look at what has been achieved by blocking the molecular signals that drive individual cancers Sixty years after Jim Watson [more]

Nobel laureate Jim Watson is calling on the cancer community to take a long hard look at what has been achieved by blocking the molecular signals that drive individual cancers... [ more ]

A calculated choice

1 September 2013 0

Computers are better than doctors at processing the large amounts of information involved in personalising treatments. But which decision-making tools can be relied on, and how can they best be used to help inform shared [more]

Computers are better than doctors at processing the large amounts of information involved in personalising treatments. But which decision-making tools can be relied on, and how can they best be used to help inform shared clinical ... [ more ]

Easing the cancer journey

1 September 2013 0

Having to travel long distances or stay away from home while being treated for cancer takes its toll in anxiety, stress and isolation. Could more be done to ensure policies that centralise services don’t make [more]

Having to travel long distances or stay away from home while being treated for cancer takes its toll in anxiety, stress and isolation. Could more be done to ensure policies that centralise services don’t make some patients’ lives ... [ more ]

New paradigms to explain metastasis

1 September 2013 0

Understanding what drives cancer cells to break loose, travel around the body and seed new tumours – and how to inhibit this process – will be key to developing effective new therapies Metastasis – the [more]

Understanding what drives cancer cells to break loose, travel around the body and seed new tumours – and how to inhibit this process – will be key to developing effective new therapies... [ more ]

Refusing treatment

1 September 2013 0

People take treatment decisions on the basis of their personal perspectives as much as the medical pros and cons. Doctors need to be able to deal with this. This article was first published in The [more]

People take treatment decisions on the basis of their personal perspectives as much as the medical pros and cons. Doctors need to be able to deal with this.... [ more ]

Secobarbital in Seattle – why lose sleep?

1 September 2013 0

The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance has added physician-assisted suicide to its host of services for patients within the final six months of life. According to a recent report published in the New England Journal of [more]

The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance has added physician-assisted suicide to its host of services for patients within the final six months of life. According to a recent report published in the New England Journal of Medicine...... [ more ]

Newsround

1 September 2013 0

Selected reports edited by Janet Fricker Study evaluates specificity and sensitivity of lung cancer screening =>New England Journal of Medicine The latest data to be published from the US National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) documents [more]

Selected reports edited by Janet Fricker... [ more ]

My World – Clodagh McHugh

1 September 2013 0

Clodagh McHugh works as an oncology nurse specialist with patients at every stage of their disease and with all types of cancer. Based at a leading teaching hospital in Dublin, she lectures on oncology nursing [more]

Clodagh McHugh works as an oncology nurse specialist with patients at every stage of their disease and with all types of cancer. Based at a leading teaching hospital in Dublin, she lectures on oncology nursing and is involved...... [ more ]