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Cancer care in COVID-19 times – sharing your learnings

4 August 202013 August 2020 by Vishal Hegde

Vishal Hegde

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Delivering cancer care in times of a pandemic is a challenge. Reduced hospital capacities and increased infection risks have had many impacts in the oncology world. Given that many cancer patients have to undergo tumour removal surgery and endure regular cycles of immunosuppressive chemo- and radiotherapy, cancer care at present…

A ray of hope

4 February 20204 February 2020 by Jenny Wilkinson

Jenny Wilkinson

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My interest in cancer began as a young scientist. I was fascinated by the genetic and cellular changes that give rise to cancers, and how we treat them based on these changes. I was aware that the goal in cancer research is saving lives, but I hadn’t started relating the…

Highlights from ESMO 2019

25 October 20196 December 2019 by Jenny Wilkinson

Jenny Wilkinson

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Nearly 30,000 delegates attended ESMO 2019, with many exciting and practice-changing studies presented. Here we bring you a taste of this years’ highlights, providing an insight into the plethora of recent trials which have led to significant survival and quality of life (QoL) gains for patients. PARP inhibition in ovarian…