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oncology
Towards a Familial Cancer Service for Chile
A regional programme for genetic sequencing and counselling is being piloted in Chile to promote prevention and early detection in people with a hereditary high-risk of cancer. Advances in genetic sequencing technologies are making it cheaper and easier to test…
Agents of Mutation: Pathogens as Catalysts of Carcinogenesis
Cancer has traditionally been viewed as a non-communicable disease—one driven by genetic predisposition, environmental exposure, and lifestyle factors. Yet a substantial and increasingly compelling body of epidemiological research has shown that a significant proportion of cancers are caused by infectious…
Traditional Chinese Medicine: Building a Bridge to Modern Oncology
China’s oncologists want to see robust evidence before putting their faith in traditional remedies. Practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine struggle with concepts of experimental medicine and animal models. But interest is growing in finding ways to bridge that gap in…
How a Chicken Egg Model Could Transform Pediatric Cancer Treatment in Canada
A new, innovative pipeline fusing genomics, proteomics and modelling in animals and chicken eggs is pinpointing new treatments for children with rare and relapsed cancers in Canada. Researchers in Canada have used fertilized chicken eggs to grow tumors from children…
Microbiota-Derived Bile Acids as Androgen Receptor Antagonists Enhance Anti-Tumour Immunity
The gut microbiota can transform cholesterol-derived bile acids into metabolites capable of blocking androgen receptors and strengthening anti-cancer immunity. The study, published in Cell, April 15, demonstrates how one of the microbiota-derived secondary bile acids is capable of suppressing tumour…
Is It Biology or Geography That Decides Who Survives Childhood Cancer?
Cancer is a word no parent ever wants to hear. But when that word comes with no access to treatment, it doesn’t just hurt—it destroys hope.A year ago, I was walking through a coastal town in Africa. It was a…
Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu: What Africa’s First Lady of Cancer Will Bring to the Top Global Advocacy Role
Experience gained over decades of tackling cancer and supporting patients in Africa’s most populous country gives Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu unique insights and influence to help bring about progress in similar settings across the globe. She talked to CancerWorld journalist, Diana Mwango,…
CancerWorld #104 (June 2025)
At CancerWorld, we don’t just publish science, we publish stories. As Alberto Costa, reminds us: CancerWorld is not about papers, it’s about people. The June, 2025 issue brings that philosophy into sharp focus. On our dual cover, we feature two…
(Re)Thinking Psycho-oncology in a world out of balance: What I learned after a year of interviews
"One must imagine Sisyphus happy" Albert Camus Why me? This is probably the present-day question of every patient with cancer! One of the consequences of our chaotic reality is cancer, which belongs to that class of diseases that impacts the…
CancerWorld issue #103 (May, 2025)
What does it take to change the odds in cancer care? Innovation? Yes. But also: persistence. Collaboration. The refusal to accept that some lives matter less because of where they’re born. In this issue of CancerWorld, we focus not just…