Danielle Ripley-Burgess

📣CancerWorld #118 (August 2026) is live! ❤️ 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲? For generations, progress in cancer care has been driven by scientific discovery, technological innovation, and clinical excellence. Today, another force is helping shape its future: 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. The August issue of CancerWorld explores how patients, survivors, caregivers, and advocates are becoming partners in research, policy, education, and the delivery of cancer care. Our two cover stories embody this transformation. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝, a pioneer in gastrointestinal cancer advocacy, reflects on more than four decades of advancing patient partnership in oncology. 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐎𝐤𝐰𝐮 shares how her own breast cancer diagnosis became the catalyst for one of Nigeria's leading patient advocacy movements. Beyond our cover stories, this issue explores how lived experience is reshaping every dimension of oncology—from survivorship and mental health to patient-reported outcomes, AI-supported patient navigation, and the growing role of patients as partners in research, policy, and cancer care. Together, these stories remind us that the future of oncology will be shaped as much by human experience as by scientific discovery. Because the future of oncology will be written not only by those who study cancer, but also by those who live with it. 📖 Read the August issue of CancerWorld here: lnkd.in/gFqdgUza @oncodaily | @OncoDailyGI | @GICAlliance | @Andronika_1 | @tamikafelder | @iamcervivor | @CancerPatientsE | @EuropaDonnaEUR | @vickyyyf @DarrenHaywood14