quality of life

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Long-term health: is it time to update the priorities of cancer research?

“I was told that cancer was a temporary condition ‒ just get through treatment and things will go back to normal. I quickly realised that this is not true.” Gregory Aune was…

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Chemobrain: it’s real, it’s troublesome and it deserves more attention

Fiona Henderson was part way through her psychology degree when she received her breast cancer diagnosis. Right after treatments finished, she returned to her studies – initially without a problem. “Three or…

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Innovations in supportive care: cancer treatment side effects

The association between cancer treatments and dramatic side effects such as uncontrolled nausea and vomiting retains a powerful hold over public perceptions and parts of the media. Recent decades have seen a…

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EC publishes route map for tackling cancer

A plan from the European Commission provides a roadmap for Europe to tackle the entire cancer pathway from prevention to improving the quality of life for cancer survivors. The aim of the…

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Who wouldn’t want to cure 100% of childhood cancers?

More than eight in ten children and young adults diagnosed with cancer now survive their disease, often going on to live long and fulfilling lives. But the serious life-long damage that is…

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Metastatic prostate cancer: cabazitaxel shows quality of life benefits over both abiraterone and enzalutamide

In addition to previously reported survival benefits, the taxane cabazitaxel improved quality of life in patients with advanced metastatic prostate cancer compared to the androgen signalling targeted inhibitors abiraterone and enzalutamide, reports the latest analysis of the CARD trial (Fizazi K et al. Lancet Oncol 2020). “This analysis can provide reassurance to physicians and patients […]