A Plea for Laterality in Cancer Research and Medicine David Kerr, MD, DSc April 16, 2026

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/plea-laterality-cancer-research-and-medicine-2026a1000aqx I first noticed this when I was the president of the European Society for Medical Oncology. I worked with my colleagues, then the presidents of the European Societies of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, and Diabetes, to come together as a chronic disease alliance so that we could lobby the United Nations on behalf of noncommunicable diseases. At that political level, it worked very well.