In Focus - Oncology Central

Comprehensive Genomic Profiling

Comprehensive Genomic Profiling (CGP) utilizes next-generation sequencing technology to enable simultaneous detection of multiple cancer biomarkers. Currently, many sequential tests ...

In Focus: coronavirus

Discover the latest oncology updates on the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak. The COVID-19 outbreak has rapidly swept the world since first being reported in December 2019, leading to ...

In Focus: World Cancer Day

World Cancer Day is an initiative by the Union of International Cancer Control that aims to unite the cancer community and increase awareness of what we can do to prevent and fight ...

In Focus: CAR-T therapy

Traditionally, the foundation pillars of cancer treatment were surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. However, with the advent of immuno-oncology – treatment modalities that utilize ...

In Focus: lung cancer

Over the past years, there have been great advancements in the field of lung cancer; with the success we have seen with immunotherapy drugs such as Keytruda for non-small cell lung ...

In Focus: hematologic malignancies

Numerous advancements have been made in treatment options for hematologic malignancies, with a big emphasis on precision medicine. As the field moves forwards with a stronger focus on ...

In Focus: colorectal cancer

The world’s third most common cancer, colorectal cancer is responsible for an estimated 694,000 annual deaths worldwide. The few last decades have brought great improvements in survival ...

In Focus: skin cancer

Over the past few years, advances in the treatment of skin cancers have improved both overall and progression free survival for patients. However, the sudden and increasing array of ...

In Focus: breast cancer

The roll out of more effective and affordable screening programes alongside advancements in treatment options have resulted in declining death rates over the last few decades. Despite ...

In Focus: cervical cancer

To mark Cervical Cancer Awareness Week we have collated our most-popular cervical cancer content. Highlights include breaking news, peer-reviewed research and opinion pieces from key ...