From empiric testing to rational design: two decades of progress in phase I trials
Ensuring equitable access to innovative treatments is now the major challenge in oncology, says Prof. Alex Adjei
Translating research ideas into patient benefits
Investigations are time-consuming and expensive, so greater public funding is needed, according to Prof. George Coukos
Precision oncology is the goal today, not a simple slogan
Prof. Lisa Licitra: “Truly pursuing precision medicine means pushing the boundaries of patient selection using molecular biology and artificial intelligence on all big data, not just molecular information”
Connecting and engaging those who care about cancer
International oncology experts reunited as one oncology community to share the latest advances in the field at the ESMO annual meeting starting next week
A Virtual Train to ESMO travelling through 15 countries
With the “departure” of the virtual ESMO train in August, the ESMO Young Oncologists Committee (YOC) and the ESMO Climate Change Task Force are creating new opportunities for networking and sharing knowledge, while raising awareness on how climate change hits on cancer care
Cancer Control Principles
One step back to move forward in oncology workforce
The scope of the oncology care across resource-diverse settings has been long debated.
Cancer Research
Good night for good? Preventing sleeping cancer cells from awakening
Metastases are the main cause of cancer-related deaths. Preventing hibernating cancer cells from awakening therefore represents an urgent, unmet medical need.
Milestone in hereditary breast cancer: PARP inhibition benefits women with early-stage disease
Exciting new data show that adjuvant targeted agent olaparib after chemotherapy can cut the risk of BRCA-mutated breast cancer returning or spreading in women
Cancer Control Principles
Making assumptions about COVID-19 and cancer: a way to harm all
Since its very beginning, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed people with health vulnerabilities to live in bubbles (symbolically). In parallel, we, as oncology professionals, have accepted more restrictive measures to control the pandemic and while attempting to protect those vulnerable groups, we ended up systematically excluding them from healthcare (literally).
Cancer Research
Conquering cancer: an attainable goal?
Following more than two decades of extraordinary developments and advancements in cancer research – from molecular mechanisms to clinical care to new enabling technologies, we are better equipped than ever before to deliver a much more personalised, targeted form of cancer treatment and care.