Each and every EU citizen deserves the very best in cancer care. As it is marked the European Week Against Cancer (25-31 May), the European Commission reaffirms its commitment to achieve a European health union that delivers high-quality healthcare for all. Already through its Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, the Commission has provided support to millions of people […]
PhD – Fellowship in Cancer Nanomedicine – Norway
The University of Stavanger invites applicants for a PhD Fellowship in cancer nanomedicine at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Bioscience and Environmental Engineering. This is a trainee position that will give promising researchers an opportunity for academic development through a PhD education leading to a doctoral degree. The hired candidate will be admitted to the […]
Research assistant position in the scientific project SPatial Analysis of Cancer Evolution in the Tumour Immune MicroEnvironment – Poland
The work of the offered PhD position will focus on the development of novel artificial intelligence methods or probabilistic graph models for modeling multimodal spatial lung cancer data. In particular, we are interested in proposing new models able to combine knowledge from multiple datasets of spatial tissue measurements, taking into account the temporal dimension (measurements […]
Bone metastasis from melanoma, new hopes
New research offers hope for better treatment of bone metastases in people with melanoma. A new study has revealed the main mechanism that causes osteocyte death in bone metastasis in melanoma, one of the most malignant types of skin cancer. This research, supported in part by the EU-funded projects ODE and 4-D nanoSCOPE, provides a […]
World Cancer Day: Commission publishes Country Cancer
The Commission has published the latest Country Cancer Profiles for all Member States, Norway and Iceland. The 2025 reports show that cancer survival rates are increasing across the EU. At the same time, cancer continues to be a public health concern, and cancer inequalities still persist across Member States. The profiles also demonstrate how cancer […]
EU steps up the fight against vaccine-preventable cancers
The Commission welcomes the adoption of a set of recommendations on vaccine-preventable cancers by Member States, a key deliverable under Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. Proposed by the Commission in January, the Council Recommendation aims to increase the uptake of vaccination against viruses that can lead to cancers Human papillomaviruses (HPV) and Hepatitis B virus (HBV). By boosting […]
CORDIS: Is new car smell carcinogenic?
There’s a hidden danger lurking in car interiors that we’re not even aware of, says new study. Running late to work because of traffic? Hazardous road conditions? Concerned exhaust fumes are polluting the planet? These could be the least of your worries next time you’re behind the wheel. According to research published in the journal […]
Postdoctoral fellow in cancer epigenetics at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston
The Tothova Lab has an opening for a postdoctoral fellow/staff scientist for a funded project focused on epigenetics of blood cancers. The lab is located in the Department of Medical Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a Harvard Medical School-affiliated institution in Boston, USA. This lab is a multi-disciplinary team of physician-scientists, scientists and computational biologists. […]
EU and US launch Health Task Force
Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides and US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra met yesterday in Brussels to launch the EU-US Health Working Group. The Task Force, set up to expand the EU-US partnership in the area of health, will focus on cooperation under three strands: priorities in the area […]