Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has prepared a toolkit to assist researchers in patient and public involvement (PPI), noting that PPI can improve the quality and relevance of the research, and help articulate its benefits for cancer patients and members of the public.
Tim McDonald (an advocate himself) conducted this terrific interview with colorectal cancer survivor JJ Singleton. The article originally appeared in Tim’s substack and caught our eye.
ONWARD!! Jo Lynn Collins It will be 7 years next month since my diagnosis of Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer. Median life expectancy is around 3 years, and it never escapes my attention how fortunate I am to have lived beyond those statistics. That being said, the numbers are a bit outdated and don’t accurately…
This is an excellent summary of many of the top cancer stories of 2025 from the staff at Cancer Today.
A recent article in MedPage Today discussed the effectiveness of crowdfunding campaigns in meeting the out-of-pocket costs of cancer patients. While well-intentioned, the campaigns raised less than 5% of the out of pocket costs. “Our findings have clinical implications,” the authors wrote. “Discussions of expected cancer treatment costs with the oncology care team have long…