When your patient is the global population
Dr Raffaella Casolino is the third ESMO young medical oncologist serving as a cancer expert on the WHO Cancer Control team
“Green” prescribing may limit the environmental impact of oncology
Tools and targeted communication are needed to guide clinical practice and help healthcare professionals make sustainable choices
Does AI hold the future of early cancer detection?
Technology promises to improve understanding of cancer risk and lesion biology, but clear regulation is urged to implement innovation in cancer screening programmes
Clean air is essential to prevent lung cancer
ESMO is contributing to making European Union legislation stricter on exposure limits for air pollution and asbestos to prevent new lung cancer cases
How can lung cancer prevention and treatment strategies be improved in resource-restricted settings?
The key to overcoming barriers to effective prevention and treatment in resource-restricted settings involves cooperation between multiple organisations, including medical societies, patient groups, pharmaceutical companies and regulatory agencies
Patients as partners to address unmet needs in sarcoma
However, there are still many obstacles faced by investigators in achieving effective patient involvement in research
Access to high-quality care for sarcomas is still unequal worldwide
Delays and poor patient journey are reported in resource-constrained countries, while awareness campaigns and healthcare service reorganisation have improved rare cancer management in more developed areas
Cancer Control Principles
Early drug development: paving the way to patient-centred design
Adding precision to dose-finding in early-phase clinical trials has become critical in the immunotherapy era, and moving away from paradigms of the past has become mandatory
Cancer Control Principles
Disclose or not disclose – COIs mismanagement erodes public trust
There is a broader negligence of the public health consequences of individual actions among the health providers
Cancer Control Principles
You are not your COI, but COI can make you
There is a misunderstanding in what financial conflict of interests do on single people and what system implications they may have