Profiles
Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu: What Africa’s First Lady of Cancer Will Bring to the Top Global Advocacy Role
Experience gained over decades of tackling cancer and supporting patients in Africa’s most populous country gives Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu unique insights and influence to help bring about progress in similar settings across the globe. She talked to CancerWorld journalist, Diana Mwango,…
Princess Adila: Her Royal Highness, Her Human Mission
Inside the remarkable journey of Princess Adila bint Abdullah Al Saud. An exclusive interview for CancerWorld. When I entered the room, it felt as though I had stepped into a page from an Arabian fairytale. The room was quiet and…
A Promise Kept: How Samvel Danielyan Lifted Pediatric Cancer Survival from Zero to 70%
In a country bruised by war, in a hospital crumbling under the weight of poverty and silence, one man made an impossible promise and kept it. Samvel Danielyan’s story is not the story of easy heroes. It is a story…
Together, She Changed Everything: Martine Piccart ’s Fight Against Breast Cancer
Prof. Martine Piccart grew up in a house where medicine was part of the air. Her father, a gynecologist, treated patients at home. “I admired him deeply,” she says. “He helped people. I saw that up close. It left a…
Adrian Gottschalk: Making a Difference for His Fellow Human Beings
I grew up around a lot of physicians,” begins Adrian Gottschalk, President and CEO of Foghorn Therapeutics, a biotech company redefining how we understand and treat complex diseases by targeting the chromatin regulatory system. “My late father was a professor…
Miriam Merad and the 2025 Sjöberg Prize: A Celebration of Innovation in Cancer Immunotherapy
Every year, the Sjöberg Prize, established by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, honors researchers whose scientific discoveries in oncology are reshaping the understanding and treatment of cancer. The award stands alongside the most prestigious accolades in science, not only…
“I really care about people.” – Philip Kantoff, A Life in Science and Medicine
“I wanted to be a scientist when I grew up.” Boston. The city where old bricks and new ideas stand side by side. Where science, education, and innovation breathe together. The wind cuts through the streets of New England, sharp…
What If the World’s Leading Prostate Cancer Epidemiologist Opened a Restaurant? A Conversation with Lorelei Mucci- A Harvard Scientist, A Mother, A Leader
I always close my interviews with a signature question: "Who should I speak with next?"It’s a small but revealing moment — a window into whom the giants of oncology admire, learn from, and find truly compelling. When I posed the…
Matti Aapro: An Oncologist Who Needs No Introduction
If you have ever stepped into a major oncology congress, you’ve likely felt his presence before you saw him. His voice, distinct and commanding, cuts through a room not with volume, but with purpose. His laugh, genuine and disarming, puts…
Stella Kyriakides: using her voice to improve health in Europe
Reproduced from The Lancet, Vol. 404, Jessamy Bagenal, Stella Kyriakides: using her voice to improve health in Europe, P1093, September 21, 2024, with permission from Elsevier. There are some politicians who get involved in health and have to reverse-engineer a narrative…