2016 editions
- December 2016
Joao Incio on mechanisms to explain why obesity promotes cancer. - November 2016
Mike Stratton on how mutational changes in a cancer genome can point to the cause of the cancer. - October 2016
Ruth Muschel on a new target for treatments for colorectal cancer. - September 2016
Freddie Hamdy on the effectiveness of treatments for prostate cancer. - August 2016
Moshe Oren discusses the effects of the microenvironment on cancer cells. - July 2016
Richard Gilbertson on the 'bad luck hypothesis' for the cause of cancer. - June 2016
Key advances in clinical trials. - May 2016
Mark Lemmon on the underlying biochemistry of cancer. - April 2016
Roger Stupp on using alternating electric fields as treatment. - March 2016
Charlotte Vrinten on public perception of deaths from cancer. - February 2016
Guillermo Garcia-Manero on myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). - December 2015/January 2016
Nazneen Rahman on germline genetic screening in ovarian cancer.
EJC News Focus – May 2013
Highlights of 2nd ESTRO Forum
By the year 2020, it is estimated that for every tumour, data will be available on 10,000 markers related to survival. How are clinicians to make sense – and practical use – of it all?
According to ESTRO President, Vincenzo Valentini, a good way to start might be to involve radiation oncologists who already have expertise in complex imaging and dose-planning models. The decision models of the future will become even more sophisticated, he says, able to codify quality of life so that the needs of individual patients can be met.
This was just one of the themes of the 2nd ESTRO Forum (Geneva; 19-23 April 2013). Others included the combination of radiation therapy and drugs; and the use of a single shot of radiotherapy to control pain. Here Vincenzo Valentini discusses the highlights of the forum with Helen Saul.