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“Hope is Constant “: From Isolation and Fear to Connection, Purpose, and Global Impact
Hope as a Guiding Mantra One of my friends, a retired oncology nurse in Scotland, where I live, has become a source of hope for my family and me, and her words have become a mantra: hope is constant. Prior…
“United by Unique” – Does it Really Make a Difference, or is it Just a Cliché?
“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”— Albert Camus People at the Centre of Care “United by Unique” is the World Cancer Day theme for 2025–2027. This year, the focus is on placing people at the…
“I Live for Two”: Isabel’s Daydreaming World Between Grief and Light
When Isabel Deprince, a formerly successful model, describes the moments she feels most like herself, she doesn’t mention spotlights or runways. She talks about being alone in her studio, sleeves rolled up, paint drying on her hands. Painting, she says,…
Preventing burnout: are we too focused on personal resilience?
Burnout. That short word barely conveys the dispirited cycle of weariness, negativity and powerlessness health staff experience when high aspirations to help and cure are consumed in an unattainable to-do list. “You're trying your best but nothing's moving and you…
Ending cancer service delays and backlogs: voices from the frontline
Pandemic-related delays and backlogs in cancer diagnosis, screening and treatments can be rapidly addressed if health services invest now in data systems that monitor needs and resources, together with innovative ways to meet that need. This was the key message…