As a medical student, we had a lecture on how to deliver bad news.Then, as an oncology fellow, we had it again.And as frontline clinicians, we practice it every day. “Your child…
Sixteen years ago, Dr. Michael Gnant was portrayed in CancerWorld as a surgical oncologist unafraid to push boundaries in breast cancer care. Today, his perspective reflects not retreat but evolution. The boundary-pusher…
A Global Summit, a Personal Reckoning At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Leadership Summit in Singapore, discussions moved rapidly from antibody–drug conjugates to next-generation sequencing and the expanding role of…
Leadership in oncology is often measured in breakthroughs, budgets, and policy frameworks. But for Dr. Isabel Rubio, President of the European Cancer Organisation (ECO), leadership begins somewhere far more intimate: in listening.…
“I’m a scientist first and foremost. I don’t remember a time not thinking about being a scientist.” What Karen Knudsen, the CEO of Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, remembers clearly is the…
When he enters the bazaar, people stand up… They stop. They smile. They love him. This kind of love has nothing to do with titles, resources, or power. It is something far…
Each evening, after a day leading one of Italy’s busiest radiotherapy departments, Prof. Andrea Filippi, Head of the Radiation Oncology Unit at the Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori in Milan, and the Associate…
When I started my fellowship in Italy, I knew I would meet Professor Andrea Ferrari, the Legend whose work I had studied line by line. I thought I was prepared. I had…
Her Royal Highness Princess Ghida Talal of Jordan is widely recognized as one of the Arab world’s leading voices in the fight for equitable cancer care and health justice. Born in Lebanon…
From Rome to Milan to ESMO’s presidency — a story of science, courage, and mentorship. I am in Yerevan. Giuseppe Curigliano is in Milan, just back from Asia. “JSMO, CSCO, Korea, Japan,…
