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oncology mentorship
Rewriting the Surgical Narrative: Dr Lazaros Papadopoulos On Breast Cancer Care, Mentorship, and the Meaning of Small Changes
“Life is often a sequence of chance events, and many times we are called to rewrite our own narrative.” For Dr Lazaros Papadopoulos, that idea is not abstract. It is the thread that connects a childhood shaped by admiration for…
The Person Behind the Legend: The Portrait of Professor Andrea Ferrari
When I started my fellowship in Italy, I knew I would meet Professor Andrea Ferrari, the Legend whose work I had studied line by line. I thought I was prepared. I had read his papers… But nothing in the literature…
Umberto Veronesi and the European School Of Oncology
The idea of creating a "European School of Oncology" came to Umberto Veronesi in the mid-1970s, when the Americans announced the effective implementation of the strategic plan against cancer signed by President Nixon in 1973, the National Cancer Act. He…
CancerWorld #108 (October 2025)
CancerWorld is a platform for telling human stories that unfold across science, politics, and society, going beyond the investigation of cancer biology and therapy. In our October 2025 issue, we open with one of two cover stories: the profile of…