How insights we gained at AACR will help modernize cancer care in Ukraine

Evaluation of cancer care in Ukraine shows good access to treatment despite wartime
Work remains to be done to ensure high-quality care

Photo credit: Oleksiy Samsonov; Kyiv, March 2022In Ukraine, a country of around 44 million people, over 1.3 million individuals currently live with cancer.

October 25, 2024

Vol.50 No.40

By Taras Ivanykovych, Darya Kizub, Marta Antoniv, Inesa Huivaniuk, Anna Uzlova, Marta Naumova, Andrei Nikiforchin and Nelya Melnitchouk

A view from the BMT unit on the day a Russian cruise missile hit Kyiv’s Ohmatdyt hospital

When air sirens sound over Kyiv, Ukraine, patients undergoing bone marrow transplants at Ohmatdyt National Children’s Hospital don’t have the option of going to the bomb shelter.

July 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.29

By Paul Goldberg

U.S., Sweden sign cancer research and innovation pact as part of preparedness plan for potential Russian aggression

U.S. Deputy Secretary for Health and Human Services, Andrea Palm, and Sweden's Minister for Health Care, Acko Ankarberg Johansson, signing the agreement. Credit: Joel Apelthun/Government Offices of SwedenThe United States and Sweden signed an agreement to step up collaborations in science and technology by focusing on cancer research.

March 22, 2024

Vol.50 No.12

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Guest Editorial

“Oppenheimer” is a reminder to physicians, scientists to act to prevent nuclear war

Many readers of The Cancer Letter will have seen or at least be aware of the buzz surrounding release of the new “Oppenheimer” movie, which has received excellent reviews.

September 29, 2023

Vol.49 No.36

By Robert Peter Gale and Andreas Hochhaus

Guest Editorial

Playing Russian roulette with two bullets at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power facility, the largest in Europe, with six reactors, has been under Russian control since March, 4, 2022.

A July 4 reminder: Ukrainian and Iranian physician scientists need our support during these extraordinary times

I have no doubt that our professional associations in cancer research and oncology and our NCI in the U.S. care about the plight of cancer scientists and oncologists who have been displaced due to war or violence in their home countries.

June 30, 2023

Vol.49 No.26

By Wafik S. El-Deiry

How insights we gained at AACR will help modernize cancer care in Ukraine

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How insights we gained at AACR will help modernize cancer care in Ukraine

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Evaluation of cancer care in Ukraine shows good access to treatment despite wartimeWork remains to be done to ensure high-quality care

A view from the BMT unit on the day a Russian cruise missile hit Kyiv’s Ohmatdyt hospital

U.S., Sweden sign cancer research and innovation pact as part of preparedness plan for potential Russian aggression

“Oppenheimer” is a reminder to physicians, scientists to act to prevent nuclear war

Playing Russian roulette with two bullets at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

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Evaluation of cancer care in Ukraine shows good access to treatment despite wartime
Work remains to be done to ensure high-quality care