ECCO - Press releases

Only five percent of cancer research funds are spent on metastases, yet it kills 90 percent of all cancer patients

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

source: EJC

New website launches €1.2 million project to improve European cancer communications

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

source: ECCO

ECCO urges MEPs to think of patients’ interests when they vote on a review of a Directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

source: EJC

New data on cancer survival in Europe show more patients are cured

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

source: EJC

World Cancer Day: President of the European Society for Paediatric Oncology says more needs to be done to tackle children’s unhealthy life-styles

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

source: ECCO

New criteria for measuring tumour size and progression will help ease workloads in clinical trials

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

source: EJC

EJC special issue on cancer control reveals encouraging trends in European cancer rates

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: ECCO

Cancer survivors are living “in limbo” with unmet needs for care

Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: ECCO

Two studies find mammograms benefit women up to the age of 75, and that three-yearly screening intervals are best

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: EBCC-6

Acupuncture relieves hot flushes in breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: EBCC-6

Combining trastuzumab with neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery improves response rates without major adverse effects in women with HER2 positive tumours

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: EBCC-6

Countries could save millions of Euros a year if follow-ups for breast cancer patients were led by specialist nurses rather than physicians

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: EBCC-6

Breast cancers behave differently before and after the age of 70: could immune defence mechanisms play a role?

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: EBCC-6

New research shows no link between aromatase inhibitors and cardiovascular problems

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: EBCC-6

New chemotherapy combo produces side effects, but no extra efficacy, in early breast cancer patients

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: EBCC-6

New type of drug shrinks primary breast cancer tumours significantly in just six weeks; research provides leads to a new target in cancer treatment – the cancer stem cell.

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: EBCC-6

First study on the efficacy of standard chemotherapy in women with metastatic BRCA1/2 breast cancer shows it works better than against sporadic tumours

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: EBCC-6

Hereditary breast cancer – a high cost to patient and healthcare provider alike

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: EBCC-6

Obese women disadvantaged in both breast cancer treatment and diagnosis

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: EBCC-6

MRI before surgery leads to better-adapted treatment for breast cancer

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

source: EBCC-6