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cancer survival
A Survivor’s Perspective: San Diego’s Rise as a National Cancer Research Hub
How policy, philanthropy, and scientific collaboration are reshaping the cancer research landscape and why early detection can be the difference between life and death. Twenty years ago, I received a diagnosis that changed everything and led me to dedicate the…
“Between the Checkpoints of Life, Take the Immunobuddies with You” —Professor Ricky Dylan Frazer
The conversation starts with a small detail that quickly becomes memorable. There is no coffee. On a podcast built around conversations over coffee, Professor Ricky Dylan Frazer, Consultant Medical Oncologist at Velindre Cancer Centre, Deputy CEO of the Immuno-Oncology Clinical…
The Day Immunotherapy Went Off-Patent
In oncology, some milestones arrive with applause. Others arrive quietly. This year, one of the most important cancer drugs of the modern era begins to lose its monopoly. Nivolumab, one of the first PD-1 inhibitors to reach patients, is set…
Smoking cessation fundamental to first-line cancer care
Cancer patients who enter a smoking cessation programme within six months of receiving a diagnosis, and quit within three months after programme entry, experience a 26% reduction in mortality versus those who continue smoking. The study, published in in JAMA…