Prevention should be first

Prevention should be first

It is known that the approach to cancer can be tough, from partial diagnosis and complicated treatments to difficult and expensive cures. In the struggle with cancer, we gladly look to its end, when the patient will be cured. But we often forget that, in many cases,...
Exploring the untold story of HPV

Exploring the untold story of HPV

Most people have heard about cervical cancer and its vaccine. Not many people know about the human papillomavirus (HPV) which causes cervical cancer. Even fewer people know that this virus causes seven types of cancer in both men and women. And only a handful of the...
Be a hero, save a life

Be a hero, save a life

What’s it like waiting for a bone marrow donor when you’re of Latin American descent and beyond? The Caribbean Basin is a unique myriad of cultures and ethnicities melded together by historical and geographic factors to yield a mosaic of physical and genetic features....
Pooling resources for the World Campus

Pooling resources for the World Campus

The growth of the World Campus has caught many by surprise. In just a year we now have representatives in over 35 countries and more than 50 hubs and there is more to come. Among other things, we are setting up a society of Friends of the World Campus and Inspire2Live...
Minimally-invasive techniques – the patient’s friend

Minimally-invasive techniques – the patient’s friend

Inspire2Live congress, November 11, Amsterdam  Many techniques used for diagnosis and treatments have been around for decades. For screening breast cancer with mammography, we use a technique that started in the seventies…of the last century. For diagnosis of prostate...