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Palliative Pain Relief Woefully Inadequate Worldwide

Palliative care is medical care focused on providing relief from the symptoms of a serious illness. The goal of such care is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family as palliation can relieve patients from the pain of terminal disease, such as cancer. In 2015, there were roughly 25.5 million people who died without having access […]

World Politics Review published ICEC authored article, “How Better Cancer Treatment Can Also Mean Better Nuclear Security”

Today,  World Politics Review, published the article, “How Better Cancer Treatment Can Also Mean Better Nuclear Security” authored by Dr. C. Norm Coleman, Miles Pomper and Dr. Silvia Formenti. The article was written in response to the Washington Post article, “How ISIS nearly stumbled on the ingredients for a ‘dirty bomb’” which discussed the dilemma related to […]

Early Career Leader Mira Shah featured in ASTROnews

ICEC’s Early Career Leader, Mira Shah was recently featured in an Astronews article that highlighted her and several others’ climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for Radiating Hope, an organization that has helped thousands living in low- and middle-income countries receive radiation therapy. Read More  

Enlight Highlights ICEC’s Onyinye Balogun

In their latest edition, Enlight highlights one of our  Early Career Leaders, Onyinye Balogun. As a radiation oncologist at Cornell, Balogun has dedicated her life to providing education and training for radiotherapy professionals in low- and middle-income countries. Learn more about what she’s doing to improve cancer care on Page 29. Read More