Articles by Elena Garralda

As we all return back to practice after the busy and buzzing ESMO Congress 2021, myriad clinical questions have been addressed and debated, with many even solved. But, there is still much work to be done if we are to collectively deliver on the promise of precision medicine in oncology, and in so doing, continue to improve outcomes for our patients.

Metastases are the main cause of cancer-related deaths. Preventing hibernating cancer cells from awakening therefore represents an urgent, unmet medical need. 

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.