Posts by tag
early detection
EC publishes route map for tackling cancer
A plan from the European Commission provides a roadmap for Europe to tackle the entire cancer pathway from prevention to improving the quality of life for cancer survivors. The aim of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (published 3 February), accompanied…
Highlights of 2020 American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting
Like most 2020 meetings the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, held 5-8 December, was hosted virtually. Due to meticulous planning, the format did not prevent delegates attending the largest gathering of the professional haematology community…
Liquid biopsy for early stage lung cancer moves closer
Interview with Christian Rolfo, MD, PhD, MBA, Dr.h.c. director of the Thoracic Medical Oncology and the Early Clinical Trials and Experimental Therapeutics Research Program investigator at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. Q. Your article…
NHS England’s pilot of cancer screening blood test raises questions
The UK National Health Service (NHS) announced on the 27 November that it would be piloting an early detection multi-cancer blood test next year. This represents an important advance because “every year, nearly 200,000 people in the UK die from…