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EORTC pushes for the State of Science in Care

Covid-19 has taught us that we need to think differently about many issues. One of the most important, in my view, is that we need to be ready to act quickly and decisively rather than just identifying and talking about potential problems. In the oncology field, we have been discussing the importance of the role […]

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Cancer nursing, COVID-19 and healthcare inequality

This year European Cancer Nursing Day ECND2020 on 18 May will be special because this is the World Health Organisation’s Year of the Nurse and Midwife; but also because it takes place in the midst of the current COVID-19 crisis. Months ago, before the pandemic, EONS decided that the theme of ECND2020 would be the […]

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Delivering cancer care during the pandemic in Europe’s most overstretched health system

In a 2016 Voices post, Geta Roman wrote about the daily struggle to deliver timely and high-quality diagnostics and care in a health system with a per capita healthcare expenditure of only €400 a year ‒ the lowest of any European country. With the coronavirus crisis now testing the resilience of even the best resourced […]

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COVID – are cancer patients being protected?

This is a particularly worrying time for people going through chemotherapy and other treatments that suppress the immune system. So what advice is being offered by oncology departments and what extra measures are being taken to keep their patients safe? We hear from the partner of a woman who is being treated for ovarian cancer […]

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A Global Licence for Breast Surgery – my call to action!

I am a two-time breast cancer survivor. My diseased breast, which had a triple-negative collision tumour, was partially removed and immediately reconstructed with autologous tissue followed by chemotherapy and radiation. Exactly five…