On this year’s World Cancer Day, the team of Molecular Oncology launched a writing competition entitled “Intercepting cancer before it begins: A 2050 perspective” inviting contributions exploring how advances in science, medicine, technology, and public health could transform cancer prevention by the year 2050.
We thank all participants for contributing high-quality pieces. We really enjoyed reading and discussing all submissions at the Editorial Office and the production of a candidate shortlist was no easy task. To support further cancer research communication, we will provide several participants with the opportunity to publish their piece on the Research channel of the FEBS Network.
While selecting winners was no easy task, we are proud to announce the winners of this year’s writing competition:
- First prize: Muhammad Habiburrahman (Imperial College London, UK) for the submission entitled “From last‑chance therapy to cancer boosters: A 2050 vision of immunoprevention in high‑risk populations”.
- Second prize: Alyssa Paparella (Baylor College of Medicine, USA) for the submission entitled “Designing A World That Refuses to Seed Cancer: A 2050 Perspective.
- Third prize: Ihsaan Jama (University of Oxford, UK) for the submission entitled “Cancer before cancer: the inflamed boundaries”.
We would also like to highlight several entries that we thought were exceptional and deserve an honourable mention:
- Kamala Bharathi Ramalingam (Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI, Germany) for the submission entitled “Intercepting cancer before it begins: A 2050 perspective”.
- Francisco Exposito Rincon (Yale University, USA) for the submission entitled “The Future of Oncology: From Detection to Interception”.
- Soham Ghosh (Mamata Academy of Medical Sciences (MAMS), India) for the submission entitled “A multi-dimensional strategy to inhibit inflammation to prevent malignancy”.
We warmly thank all participants of the competition, and congratulate the winners!
The Molecular Oncology Editorial Office
