Advances in Renal Cancer
Every year since 2008 Bayer HealthCare and the Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) have presented the European journalism award “Advances in Renal Cancer” . The award, endowed with 7,500 euros, honors work in which journalists deal critically and objectively with the topic of kidney cancer .
Conditions of participation
The journalist award “Advances in Renal Cancer” honors publications by authors who have their main residence in Europe . The contributions must have appeared in print, radio, television or film within a specified period of time. They can be submitted by the author himself, the editorial staff of the medium in which the work was published, as well as readers of specialist medical publications and patient organizations. The articles of association are available on the Bayer HealthCare press portal .
jury
The work will be assessed by experts according to journalistic criteria. The jury members regularly include up to four representatives from press organizations, a urologist and an oncologist, a member of the Kidney Cancer Association and a representative from Bayer HealthCare . For the 2011 call, Bernard Escudier (Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif), Peter Mulders (Department of Urology, University Medical Center St. Radboud, Nijmwegen) and Torsten Hoffmann (chairman VDMJ, Stuttgart) will review and evaluate the entries.
background
Renal cell carcinomas are among the most common malignant tumor diseases worldwide . They are often diagnosed late and are difficult to treat. In addition, there is very little knowledge about this form of cancer . With the call for entries for the journalist award, the organizers, together with other specialists in this field, want to contribute to promoting reporting on kidney cancer and to publish more information about this disease and current medical advances. The aim is to educate the public about the symptoms and risk factors and to identify new diagnostic therapy options.
Award winners
- 2009 - Malini Guha for her article "New advances deliver fresh hope in kidney cancer" in the international magazine "Scrip"