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cancer survivorship
Beyond the Final Score: What the Winners Cup Means to Young People With Cancer
For more than 200 young people with cancer from across Europe, a football tournament in Milan offered something that cancer can make difficult to find: a chance to be with friends, feel understood and enjoy being young. At the end…
What the Scan Couldn’t Tell Me
The scan was stable. I remember feeling a quiet sense of satisfaction as I shared the news with my patient and his wife. After all, in oncology, stable disease is something worth celebrating. I had already moved mentally to the…
Time is of Essence
Europe has never had more powerful tools against cancer. But progress means little if patients cannot reach them in time. Cancer has never moved at the speed of bureaucracy. Today, science can identify molecular alterations that were once invisible. Biomarker…
CancerWorld #120 (October 2026)
Science is moving at extraordinary speed. We can identify mutations once invisible, develop drugs that destroy proteins previously considered untouchable, and transform diagnoses that once offered little hope. Yet a patient can still wait too long for treatment. A brilliant…
“Go Be Normal”: The Childhood Cancer Survivor Who Built What Her Family Never Had
When Brett Wilson finished cancer treatment at the age of 12, a hospital nurse walked outside with her and her mother and offered three words of advice: “Go be normal.” Wilson looked at her mother. “What does that mean? Go…
Oncology Couch: The Shadows of another Dimension
What children with cancer may be teaching us about medicine, uncertainty, and what it means to be human There are conversations in oncology that begin with a question. And then there are conversations in which, somewhere along the way, the…
From 10% to More Than 50% Survival: Tanzania Transforms Childhood Cancer Care, But Challenges Remain
In Tanzania in the early 2000s, healthcare for children with cancer was very limited. The majority of affected children never reached a treatment centre and 90% of those who did, ultimately died1. Today, childhood cancer care has been transformed with…
Beyond Anxiety and Depression: A New Framework for Mental Health in Cancer Care
Emerging research suggests that understanding psychological wellbeing in people affected by cancer requires looking beyond traditional diagnostic categories. A cancer diagnosis is far more than a medical event. It can disrupt every aspect of a person's life, reshaping relationships, work,…
Life After Cancer Has No Borders: Is Moving Abroad as an AYA a Good Idea?
What moving across eight countries taught me about survivorship, resilience, and the hidden barriers facing young adult cancer survivors. When Cancer Changes Everything Having cancer means that the life you know—your dreams, hobbies, relationships, and plans for the future—may suddenly…
Protecting Europe’s Cancer Care Model in a Changing World
Key discussions and priorities from the 2026 Cancer Patients Europe Annual Meeting As Europe faces growing pressure on its healthcare systems, Cancer Patients Europe (CPE) brought together patient representatives, policymakers, clinicians, researchers, and industry leaders in Brussels from 24 to…