Cancerworld Magazine
  • About the Magazine
    • Editorial Team
    • Leadership and Management
    • Events
    • Magazine
    • Archive
    • Contacts
  • Articles
    • Policy
    • Practice Points
    • Delivery of Care
    • Biology basic
    • Medicine
    • Featured
  • Contents
    • News
    • Editorials
    • Interviews to the Expert
    • In the Hot Seat
    • Profiles
    • Obituaries
    • Voices
    • Partnership
    • Supported contents
  • Media Corner
    • Journalist Cancer Guide
    • Cancer Journalism Award
    • Cancer Journalist Grant
NEWSLETTER  |  PRINT VERSION
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Cancerworld Magazine
Cancerworld Magazine
  • About the Magazine
    • Editorial Team
    • Leadership and Management
    • Events
    • Magazine
    • Archive
    • Contacts
  • Articles
    • Policy
    • Practice Points
    • Delivery of Care
    • Biology basic
    • Medicine
    • Featured
  • Contents
    • News
    • Editorials
    • Interviews to the Expert
    • In the Hot Seat
    • Profiles
    • Obituaries
    • Voices
    • Partnership
    • Supported contents
  • Media Corner
    • Journalist Cancer Guide
    • Cancer Journalism Award
    • Cancer Journalist Grant
Cancerworld Magazine > News

News

125 posts
Academic oncology: women’s careers at high risk for continued inequality
View Post
  • News

Academic oncology: women’s careers at high risk for continued inequality

  • Janet Fricker
  • 7 January 2022

More than half of women in oncology practice believe their gender adversely affects their prospects for job promotion, especially in academia. The cross-sectional survey, published in JAMA Netw Open (December…

View Post
High-fibre diets associated with improved melanoma immunotherapy response
View Post
  • News

High-fibre diets associated with improved melanoma immunotherapy response

  • Janet Fricker
  • 7 January 2022

Melanoma patients eating greater quantities of fibre-rich foods at the start of checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy survive longer than patients with insufficient dietary fibre intake. The observational study, published in Science…

View Post
Early exercise helps avoid shoulder problems after breast cancer treatment
View Post
  • News

Early exercise helps avoid shoulder problems after breast cancer treatment

  • Janet Fricker
  • 10 December 2021

Introducing a physiotherapy-led exercise programme following treatment for breast cancer reduces upper limb disability. The UK study, published in The British Medical Journal (online 11 November), found no increase in…

View Post
Antihistamines could improve efficacy of checkpoint inhibitors
View Post
  • News

Antihistamines could improve efficacy of checkpoint inhibitors

  • Janet Fricker
  • 9 December 2021

Over-the-counter antihistamines appear to improve outcomes for cancer patients treated with checkpoint inhibitors. The study, reported in Cancer Cell (published online 24 November), found that melanoma and lung cancer patients…

View Post
Ending cancer service delays and backlogs: voices from the frontline
View Post
  • News

Ending cancer service delays and backlogs: voices from the frontline

  • Anna Wagstaff
  • 25 November 2021

Pandemic-related delays and backlogs in cancer diagnosis, screening and treatments can be rapidly addressed if health services invest now in data systems that monitor needs and resources, together with innovative…

View Post
Study provides insights into long-term effects of childhood cancers
View Post
  • News

Study provides insights into long-term effects of childhood cancers

  • Janet Fricker
  • 23 November 2021

People surviving childhood cancers have a higher risk of other morbidities as they grow older. The study, published online The Lancet Regional Health-Europe (14 November), found that a greater burden…

View Post
Study challenges dogma that RCC is biologically radioresistant
View Post
  • News

Study challenges dogma that RCC is biologically radioresistant

  • Janet Fricker
  • 10 November 2021

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) represents a safe and effective non-invasive treatment for oligometastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The study, published in Lancet Oncology, supports sequential radiotherapy as an alternative…

View Post
Systematic review fills knowledge gaps about metastatic breast cancer
View Post
  • News

Systematic review fills knowledge gaps about metastatic breast cancer

  • Janet Fricker
  • 9 November 2021

In breast cancer the risk of metastasis is higher among women diagnosed at a younger age, those with larger tumours at diagnosis and those with luminal B breast cancer. The study,…

View Post
Atlas provides ‘one-stop shop’ for myeloma care information across Europe
View Post
  • News

Atlas provides ‘one-stop shop’ for myeloma care information across Europe

  • Janet Fricker
  • 28 October 2021

Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) has launched an overview of myeloma and AL amyloidosis treatment inequalities across Europe. The Myeloma Access Atlas, released 19 October, is a platform which has been…

View Post
Most basic cancer drugs remain inaccessible in low- and lower-middle-income countries
View Post
  • News

Most basic cancer drugs remain inaccessible in low- and lower-middle-income countries

  • Swagata Yadavar
  • 25 October 2021

Despite being available for more than 20 years, basic cancer drugs found to be most effective against the disease can still not be accessed by patients in most low- and…

View Post

Posts navigation

Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … 13 Next
search
or search in Cancerworld archive
Newsletter

Subscribe free to
Cancerworld!

We'll keep you informed of the latest features and news with a fortnightly email

Subscribe now
Latest News
  • US study suggests colorectal cancer screening should start at age 45
    • 25 May 2022
  • Multicomponent prevention strategy reduces risk of cancer
    • 20 May 2022
  • Lumpectomy as effective as mastectomy in young breast cancer patients
    • 13 May 2022
  • Multi organ chip could facilitate personalised cancer therapy 
    • 12 May 2022
  • 100,000 Genomes Project pinpoints new cancer genetic culprits
    • 29 April 2022
Article
  • Cervical cancer: Rebuilding a nation’s broken trust in their screening service
    • 25 May 2022
  • What can we expect from mRNA cancer vaccines?
    • 13 May 2022
  • Sri Lanka cancer care hit by foreign currency crisis
    • 6 May 2022
Latest printed issue
Social

Would you follow us ?

Contents
  • Message from a Ukrainian oncologist: Please prioritise my patients ‒ if you don’t who will?
    • 19 April 2022
  • Pandemics, War, Reconstruction and the Duty of Medicine and Science
    • 4 April 2022
  • Crisis in the Ukraine: we can help by doing what we do best
    • 4 March 2022
MENU
  • About the Magazine
    • Editorial Team
    • Leadership and Management
    • Events
    • Magazine
    • Archive
    • Contacts
  • Articles
    • Policy
    • Practice Points
    • Delivery of Care
    • Biology basic
    • Medicine
    • Featured
  • Contents
    • News
    • Editorials
    • Interviews to the Expert
    • In the Hot Seat
    • Profiles
    • Obituaries
    • Voices
    • Partnership
    • Supported contents
  • Media Corner
    • Journalist Cancer Guide
    • Cancer Journalism Award
    • Cancer Journalist Grant
Cancerworld Magazine
  • About the Magazine
  • Articles
  • Media Corner
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy

Cancerworld is funded by SPCC Sharing Progress in Cancer Care | Piazza Indipendenza 2, 6500 Bellinzona - Switzerland | info@spcc.net

Archivio Cancerworld

Input your search keywords and press Enter.