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In a remote corner of India, a cancer centre is showing what can be achieved with technology and compassion
In a remote, inaccessible and hilly area of the north-east Indian state of Assam, local residents of the Cachar district came together twenty years ago to form the Cachar Cancer Society for cancer prevention, detection and treatment. They felt a…
Alejo Albornoz: A bridge between two cancer realities in Argentina
The move didn’t make any sense. Any young clinical oncologist trying to climb up the career ladder in Argentina knows that Buenos Aires is the place to be. So, when in 2021 Alejo Albornoz, then 33, moved with his partner…
Ethnic differences in cancer biology: What we are learning, and why it matters
There have been great strides in our understanding of cancer genomics - the mutational events that lead to high cancer risks and those that drive progression in cancer patients. Using vast databases such The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) from the…
Induction chemotherapy delivers first survival benefit in locally advanced cervical cancer for two decades
A short course of induction chemotherapy prior to chemoradiation improved survival in locally advanced cervical cancer. The study, presented in a Presidential Symposium at the ESMO 2023 Congress, abstract LBA8, found that induction chemotherapy (paclitaxel and carboplatin) prior to chemoradiation…
Advocating for accessible cancer care in the global South: are we doing this all wrong?
“You have to convince the people with their hands on the levers of power. They don’t see things as we see them. They have other problems on their minds…” Ten years after launching the Stop Cancer Now! appeal, which outlined…