Europe cannot afford to wait any longer for cleaner air
Despite recent progress, lung cancer remains deadly and difficult to treat — and preventable, to a much greater extent with the right actions to improve the quality of the air we breathe
Should rare cancers still be (in) a niche of oncology?
ESMO is sustaining its efforts to give rare cancers a more prominent place in oncology
Centralisation of care in rare cancers – what are the next steps?
Innovative models and increased cross-border collaborations can further support the implementation of rare cancer reference centres to expedite diagnosis and improve treatment
Machine learning may help to uncover new immunotherapy targets
A study proposes a model that is able to learn broad aspects of cancer–immune interactions from early phase trial data
Wider implementation of precision oncology is still challenging
The 2024 TAT Honorary Awardee Prof. Funda Meric-Bernstam discusses progress made and how to overcome current obstacles in the field
Health emergencies: let’s get prepared without leaving cancer patients behind
ESMO is advocating for secondary and tertiary care levels to be included into international agreements and WHO’s documents to respond to pandemics
WHO-ESMO collaboration sets accessible cancer care, prevention and education as priority areas of intervention
In the period 2024-2026, the technical collaboration between the United Nations agency and the Society plans a series of evidence-based activities to improve global cancer care
Preventive immunotherapy shows some activity in pre-cancer oral lesions
A phase II trial opens up discussions on how to define success of chemoprevention studies
The value of real-world data to inform cancer research and care
Well-designed real-world observational studies are hypothesis-generating and impact therapeutic decisions
Cancer Research
Laying the foundations for next-generation precision oncology
Several ESMO initiatives highlight the need for closing the gap between fast cancer research and a lack of accessibility to treatments in the real world