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cancer survivorship
Between Theory and Bedside: What Early Palliative Care in Singapore Reveals About Cancer, Care, and the Limits of Knowledge
On paper, cancer care can be mapped, measured, and modelled. In practice, it is far less contained. For Charis Ng, a trainee health psychologist and PhD student, that gap between theory and lived reality became impossible to ignore during her…
The Right to Be Forgotten: Why Voluntary Measures are Not Enough for Cancer Survivors
On World Cancer Day, Commissioners Várhelyi and Albuquerque reaffirmed the European Commission’s commitment to the right to be forgotten for cancer survivors. Yet their announcement of non-binding guidance to financial institutions in 2026 falls significantly short of what survivors and…
Building Beyond the Bedside: Dr Mohamed Emam Sobeih’s Vision for the Future of Oncology
From crowded oncology wards in Cairo to international leadership in cancer education, Dr. Mohamed Emam Sobeih has built a career shaped by one central belief: treating cancer requires more than medicine alone. At the National Cancer Institute Egypt, where Dr…
European Cancer Nursing Day 2026: Supporting Life Beyond Cancer
Europe-wide online event highlights survivorship, innovation, education, advocacy, and the future of cancer nursing On 18 May 2026, the European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) marked European Cancer Nursing Day (ECND26) with an online Europe-wide celebration bringing together cancer nurses under…
No Woman Left Behind: Dr Miriam Mutebi and the Quest for Equitable Cancer Care in Africa
In a breast clinic in Africa, fear often arrives before diagnosis. Women arrive convinced they have cancer. Some have discovered a lump only days earlier; others have lived with symptoms for years. Many have never been taught breast awareness. Others…
After the Bell: Rethinking Cancer Care Beyond Treatment
As cancer survival improves, a critical gap persists: the period after treatment, where psychological distress, identity disruption, and unmet needs remain insufficiently addressed in routine oncology care. A System Designed for Treatment, Not Transition “We have to be next to…
Psycho-Oncology at a Crossroads: From Global Recognition to Real-World Impact
The launch of World Psycho-Oncology Day signals growing momentum behind psychosocial care in cancer, but without structural change, millions of patients will continue to go without the support they need. With the announcement of World Psycho-Oncology Day (WPOD), to be…
From “No Chance” to “All Bloody Clear”: John Walker Pattison’s 50-Year Journey and the Challenge of Cancer Survivorship
John Walker Pattison with his family A Diagnosis That Changed Everything I was born in South Shields sixty-nine years ago. My childhood was happy, if uneventful, and I left school with what I would later describe as a handful of…
CancerWorld #114 (April 2026)
In oncology, we are trained to deliver hope alongside difficult truths. We speak about survival rates, probabilities, and outcomes. In conflict settings, those terms lose stability. What does survival mean when hospitals are destroyed, treatments cannot reach patients, and people…
Leading with Listening: Why Isabel Rubio Believes Europe’s Cancer Future Depends on Trust, Equity, and Political Courage
Leadership in oncology is often measured in breakthroughs, budgets, and policy frameworks. But for Dr. Isabel Rubio, President of the European Cancer Organisation (ECO), leadership begins somewhere far more intimate: in listening. “Progress happens only when expertise is matched by…