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Hashtags and Clarity: Transforming social media into a source of truth for oncology patients

In recent years, global health statistics have shown two significant upward trends: on one hand, in 2020, there were 19.3 million newly diagnosed cases of malignant disease worldwide. 1 On the other…

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Social Media in Oncology – Between Empowerment and Risk

In oncology, communication has always been central – but in the digital age, it increasingly unfolds online. Platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and X have become arenas where cancer journeys are shared,…

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ESO College Voices Contest 2025: Social media – friend or foe for cancer patients? – Winners Announced

This year’s ESO College Voices Contest proved once again that doctors can also be excellent cancer writers. For this year’s contest, we received 27 proposals from ESO College members across 20 countries,…

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Advocacy in oncology: Fighting for patients inside and outside the hospital

  Dear World, Everyone can get cancer - yet, access to the right treatment remains a privilege that is still denied to far too many. In this disparity, the disease reveals a…

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Inequality in cancer care: preventing it from becoming inadequacy

“Wait! You can’t give your patients pemetrexed?” my young colleague exclaimed during a break between lectures at an international meeting. Quietly, feeling the heat rise to my cheeks, I replied, “No, it…

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Artificial Intelligence: Capturing the zeitgeist

As the Austrian writer Karl Kraus pointed out at the turn of the twentieth century, the development of technology will leave only one problem: the infirmity of human nature. That ‘remaining problem’…

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AI in oncology: revolutionising care while mitigating inequities

During a recent clinic visit, a young woman newly diagnosed with breast cancer mentioned that she had used ChatGPT to research treatment options. We explained to the patient that, although ChatGPT can…