Editorial debate: Challenges we oncologists, working within a universal healthcare system, have to face in these hard times

• Francesca Poggio,
• Francesco Boccardo,
• Lucia Del Mastro,
• Andrea De Maria,
• Marco Tagliamento,
• Carlo Genova,
• Emanuela Barisione,
• Marco Grosso,
• Stefano Vagge,
• Paolo Pronzato

Affiliations

Francesca Poggio

6 Breast Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy

Francesco Boccardo

1 Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (Di.M.I.), School of Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Lucia Del Mastro

1 Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), School of Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Andrea De Maria

Aff32 0000 0001 2151 3065grid.5606.5Università degli Studi di Genova and Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS Genoa Italy

Marco Tagliamento

Department of Medical Oncology, Medical Oncology 2, University of Genova & IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy

Carlo Genova

Lung Cancer Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinnico San Martino, Genova, Liguria, Italy

Emanuela Barisione

4 Interventional Pneumology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy

Marco Grosso

4 Interventional Pneumology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy

Stefano Vagge

7 Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy

Paolo Pronzato

2 Department of Medical Oncology, U.O.C. Oncologia Medica 2, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy