Profiles
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…
Brazil’s new head of cancer control sets out his strategy
Roberto de Almeida Gil is known for his easy smile. But the new director-general of Brazil’s National Cancer Institute (INCA) also has firm convictions and more than four decades of…
Henry Rodriguez: driving the next step in precision medicine and international Cancer Moonshot cooperation
Precision cancer medicine aims to improve diagnosis and treatment at the molecular level. Although genomics has influenced what precision medicine encompasses today, research is at a turning point. There is…
Mike Morrissey: At your service
The European cancer community has long had its ups and downs in its efforts to act in concert to promote policy and standards throughout its constituent countries, which differ widely…
World Cancer Day: we commemorate Professor Agim Sallaku
Since 2008, rallies around World Cancer Day on the 4th of February, support collective actions for a healthier world without cancer. The current Covid19 pandemic which placed the medical staff…
Chiara Gasparotto – winning the case for better access to radiotherapy
A quarter of cancer patients who could benefit from radiotherapy do not receive it. As head of policy and partnerships, Chiara Gasparotto is positioning the European Society for Radiotherapy to…