Cancer Intersections is an ethnographic analysis of the complex and paradoxical efforts to access neoliberal, market-based oncological treatments in Colombia, a country where all patients are legally guaranteed access to medical services, including high-cost ones. Drawing on years of fieldwork in Cali, Camilo Sanz explores the deep entanglements between medical, legal, and policy practices that…
This guide for patients has been prepared by the Anticancer Fund as a service to patients, to help patients and their relatives better understand the nature of endometrial cancer and appreciate the best treatment choices available according to the subtype of endometrial cancer. We recommend that patients ask their doctors about the tests or types of treatments needed for their type and stage of…
Cancer concerns us all in one way or another. In 2020, 2.7 million people in the European Union were diagnosed with the disease, and another 1.3 million people lost their lives to it. Cancer is an individual diagnosis that has important impacts on patients, but it also severely affects the lives of their families and friends. Europe urgently needs a renewed commitment to cancer prevention, t…
"Dokter, tolong... Saya kena kanker." Inilah kalimat yang sering didengar Dr. Ang Peng Tiam selama kariernya. Dr. Ang bukan hanya dokter yang hebat, melainkan juga juru cerita yang luar biasa. Topik sulit dan "seram" seperti kanker, dipaparkannya dalam cerita-cerita kesembuhan yang memikat dan mudah dipahami. Dr. Ang juga menyampaikan berbagai hal lain, seperti pandangannya terhadap pengobatan …
Fighting CANCER New victories over cancer; Can you avoid cancer; Rgognizing the warning signs; Chemotherapy, radiation and surgery; Why normal cells run wild