"I have no intention of retiring anyway because we haven’t cured cancer yet," says ecancer's Founding Editor Prof Gordon McVie in an interview with Bolder, a blog that champions people who do "inspirational and interesting things" as they grow older.

In the article, prepared by photographer Helen Cathcart and writer Dominique Afacan, Prof McVie shares his thoughts on growing old "bolder."

At 71 years of age, Prof McVie is vitally involved in many cancer projects.

"I think founding ecancer.org is the most important thing I have done in my life," he says.

"It’s an open access cancer journal for doctors. A lot of patients were interested too so we also set up ecancerpatient.org. 11 million people have come to the site from 198 countries over six years."

He attributes his continued health to this engagement - as well as his interests in diet and family.

ecancermedicalscience is an open-access journal that operates under a "pay what you can afford" model. We have no intention of allowing Prof McVie to retire.