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This May, the World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition (WBCPC) is launching Bladder Cancer Awareness Month 2025 under the theme “Feeling Unsure? Get Checked”. The campaign highlights the importance of recognising blood in urine as a symptom of bladder cancer and acting quickly to seek medical advice.
In this interview, Prof Mark Lawler discusses the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan key achievements, challenges and future directions.
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and represents a growing major public health problem. Every year on February 4, World Cancer Day serves as a global initiative to raise awareness, promote education, and drive action in the fight against ...
World Cancer Day is a campaign run by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). It is observed annually on February 4th, and unites the world in the fight against cancer. The theme for 2025–27, "United by Unique", highlights the individual ...
In this interview, we are joined by President-Elect of the European Cancer Organisation (ECO), Dr Isabel Teresa Rubio (Head of Breast Surgical Oncology at Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Professor of Surgery at the University of Navarra, Spain). She discusses ...
The incidence rate of breast cancer (BC) is the highest in Pakistan among all Asian countries.1 In 2018 alone, 2.1 million cases were diagnosed, although the exact number is likely much higher due to poor reporting in rural areas and the lack ...
touchONCOLOGY are delighted to support Global Liver Institute (GLI) as they officially launch their seventh annual #OctoberIs4Livers campaign, aiming to raise awareness about liver cancer and the disparities that affect communities at risk. This initiative comes in observance of Liver Cancer Awareness Month and this year focuses on the important theme “Addressing Disparities in Liver Cancer Care.”
The European Code of Cancer Practice The European Code of Cancer Practice is a patient-centred manifesto of the key features required to deliver good clinical cancer practice and improve patient outcomes in Europe.1,2 It builds upon the European Cancer Patient’...
Honouring the children and adolescents battling cancer September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: A time to recognise the children and adolescents affected by cancer at global and European scale. One would expect that it should be “children first” but sadly ...
The incidence and prevalence of most cancers is increasing worldwide because of the aging population, increased prevalence of established risk factors with urbanisation and economic development and changing social and demographic trends including late marriage and fewer child-births. Based on ...
It is well known that there is a demographic transition all over the world. The most important explanation to this is the change from previously large groups of children in a family to now commonly only one or two children ...
Cancer is a significant health problem in older persons.1 It is estimated that 42 % of all incident cases and over 60 % of mortality due to cancer occur in persons aged 70 and over.1,2 With the aging of the population there will be a ...
Over the past few decades, survival rates of cancer patients have increased impressively through the introduction of screening, new drugs and more personalised multi-modality treatments. This success in treating cancer has resulted in a large and rapidly increasing number of ...
Gynecologic oncologists play a crucial role not only in the physical treatment of their patients, but also in the emotional and psychological adjustments to their cancer diagnoses. Frequently, this involves addressing ethical issues, including end-of-life decision-making and mediating family disagreements ...
Thalassaemias were traditionally believed to occur only in regions of the world where malaria is or was endemic, including the Mediterranean, the Middle East, South and East Asia, the Pacific and South China, with carrier rates varying from 2 to 25%. It ...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, accounting for 23% of all female cancers around the globe. There were an estimated 1.15 million cases diagnosed in 2002.1 There is marked geographical variation in incidence rates, being highest in the developed world ...
This forms part of a larger epidemiological transition in which the burden of chronic, non-communicable disease is now increasing in less developed countries. Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of cancer in the world today. In addition to ...
Squamous cell cancers of the head and neck (SCCHN) include a range of diseases consisting of cancers of the lip, gums, tongue, salivary glands, other oral cavity sites, nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, pharynx and larynx. Locally advanced (LA) SCCHN tumours ...
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