Cancerworld is moving online, which means this will be the last printed version. We’re all sad to see the end of a physical magazine, which gave our readers real pages to turn, and the chance to take time away from the screens that now dominate our lives. But having been online-first for a few years now, we’ve come to appreciate the opportunities the humble hyperlink gives us to present not just our own coverage, but also to link readers directly to the wealth of organisations and published material that we come across during our research.
Since 2004, under the editorship of Kathy Redmond, then Alberto Costa, and now Adriana Albini, Cancer World’s team of journalists has been covering evolving stories in cancer care, to spread information and promote discussion on how to reduce the unacceptable number of deaths from cancer that are caused by late diagnosis and inadequate cancer care – the goal of the European School of Oncology, which launched the magazine. Since 2019, Cancer World has been supported by the Swissbased not-for-profit entity Sharing Progress in Cancer Care (SPCC.net), but the goal remains the same.
We know that you, our readers, are busy people and that it’s up to us to earn the right to your time and attention. We try to do this by providing you with unique and timely coverage of the issues that matter most to patient care and the professionals who provide it, and doing so in a way that is not only informative and critical, but also enjoyable and even entertaining to read.
We value your interest immensely, and hope you will continue to read Cancer World by signing up to our online magazine, if you have not already done so. You can do this at bit.ly/CW_Subscribe. We will then send you fortnightly email alerts to let you know of the latest news and features published over the previous two weeks.
Ending our print issue will free up resources to further expand the scope and extent of our coverage. Cancerworld is aiming to become truly universal, and for this purpose we are widening the international base of our team of journalists, bringing onboard some excellent reporters from North America, Poland and Romania, Brazil and Mexico, as well as Uganda, Turkey and India. While inequalities in access to all aspects of the fight against cancer exist even between regions of European countries, they are obviously lesser when one looks at other areas of the world. Thus, while highlighting and welcoming the progress made in cancer prevention, detection, treatment and social issues, Cancerworld will continue our critical but constructive approach, focusing on ways to ensure every community reaps the benefits of that progress, with health spending prioritised and spent effectively.
Some of this coverage can be read in this issue, which carries a report from Poland about the challenges involved in delivering care to the influx of patients from Ukraine, a story from India about the progress that can be made when the Global North and South are able to learn from one another, and a report from Uganda on a new WHO toolkit to help countries integrate palliative care into their universal health coverage, as well as the latest thinking on the science of survivorship from the US.
But this issue also carries our usual mix of cuttingedge science, multidisciplinary clinical practice, prevention and screening, and personal perspectives from oncologists and the patient community. We hope you enjoy reading it and will continue to follow our coverage online: bit.ly/CW_Subscribe.
