Oncology Times Broadcast News with the Audio Journal of Oncology

Robert Pirker

Scientific Editors:
George Canellos, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
Gordon McVie, European Institute of Oncology, Milan
Pat Price, Christie Hospital, Manchester
Gianni Bonadonna, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan
Sarah Maxwell and Peter Goodwin report on evidence that combining monoclonal antibodies with chemotherapy can extend life among patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Robert Pirker from the Medical University [...]

Big Fall in Malaria in The Gambia: Eradication in Sight? High Birth Weight Increases Breast Cancer Risk; Eat Fruit And Vegetables To Protect Your Vision!

Brian Greenwood

Brian Greenwood and David Conway tell Peter Goodwin how the incidence of malaria has fallen dramatically in The Gambia following the use of simple interventions such as insecticide-treated bed nets, and resistance-free drugs. The question now being asked is: Can malaria be eradicated? Isobel dos Santos Silva explains how birth-weight affects [...]

Global Handwashing Day!; Sex and Health; More Prisoners: More TB; How to Survive Cancer

Val Curtis

Global Handwashing Day is October 15th, 2008: an opportunity to remind everybody that millions of lives, especially children’s lives, can be saved by avoiding diarrhoea and other diseases spread when mothers, fathers, family members and friends fail to wash their hands with both soap and water. Derek Thorne hears from Val [...]

Health For All 30 Years After Alma Ata? Mental Health And War

Gill Walt

Two important symposia have been held in London to discuss healthcare issues posing significant dilemmas to world leaders in the 21st Century. “The Future of Primary Health Care” was attended by public health experts from around the Globe to assess the best options for improving primary health care in the future. [...]

LSHTM Audio News: British Association Special Edition

Astrid Fletcher

Peter Goodwin hears from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine experts speaking at the annual science festival of the British Association for the Advancement of Science held in Liverpool, September 6-10, 2008, and from recent scientific publications on: the health impact of global warming, a tropical virus [...]

LDL-How Low?

Terje Pedersen

Terje Pedersen, Ulleval University, Oslo
Eugene Braunwald, Harvard University, Boston
Lowering LDL Cholesterol intensively as a means of treating aortic stenosis was found to have no benefit in the SEAS (Simvastatin and Ezetimibe In Aortic Stenosis) [...]

LSHTM Audio News

Bayard Roberts

Derek Thorne and Peter Goodwin talk with Bayard Roberts, Siân Clarke, Sandy Cairncross, Claire Bertschinger and Virginia Berridge of The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about:
- depression and post traumatic stress disorder in war-torn northern Uganda and the lessons to be drawn from a research [...]

British National Health Service is 60!

Virginia Berridge

Virginia Berridge, Jerry Morris, Nick Mays, and Nick Black of The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
LSHTM Audio News
British National Health Service is 60!
July 5th, 2008 is the 60th birthday of the British National Health Service. Peter Goodwin talks to four experts at the London [...]

Obesity, Car Travel, Climate Change: Linked?

Phil Edwards

Phil Edwards, London School of Hyugiene and Tropical Medicine
LSHTM Audio News
Obesity Linked to Motor Transport And Climate Change
Peter Goodwin questions Phil Edwards of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about “competition between stomachs and petrol tanks” discussed in a letter he and his colleague [...]

Audio Journal of Oncology Volume 16 Number 11

Scientific Editors: George Canellos (Boston), Pat Price (Manchester), Gianni Bonadonna (Milan), Gordon McVie (Milan)
Sarah Maxwell and Peter Goodwin report from: American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, May 30-June 3, 2008, Chicago

Michael Gnant

In this edition:
1. Zoledronic Acid Reduces Recurrence In Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Michael Gnant, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
ABSTRACT: LBA4
2. Bevacizumab Slows [...]

Blind For Blindness: Preventing Childhood Blindness

Hessom Razavi, Puneet Sayal, Claire Gilbert

Hessom Razavi, Puneet Sayal, Claire Gilbert, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Eye doctor Hessom Razavi volunteered to go about his usual studies at the London School blindfold for 24 hours to give publicity to the need to prevent childhood [...]

Audio Journal of Oncology Volume 16 Number 10

Scientific Editors: George Canellos (Boston), Pat Price (Manchester), Gianni Bonadonna (Milan), Gordon McVie (Milan)
Commenting Expert: Michael Untch, HELIOS Klinikum, Berlin
In this edition Peter Goodwin and Sara Freeman report from:
European Breast Cancer Conference, Berlin, April 15-19, 2008;
Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium, November 6-10, 2007, New York;
9th European Congress: Perspectives in Lung Cancer, Turin, March 14-15, 2008;
The Lancet, New [...]