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04 Feb 2012 09:42 PM
Hi Rick,Thanks for your thoughts.... Read more
04 Feb 2012 02:39 PM
Don, thanks for bringing this up.... Read more
04 Feb 2012 12:21 PM
Last week I attended the semi-annual... Read more
02 Feb 2012 08:11 AM
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31 Jan 2012 12:17 PM
I’ve been thinking about bad habits... Read more
28 Jan 2012 05:05 PM
One economic fall-out of cancer that... Read more
28 Jan 2012 11:43 AM
Playing with QuantiMD now.Any oncologists... Read more
27 Jan 2012 10:31 PM
I agree that the cost of new drugs is... Read more
26 Jan 2012 12:59 PM
Ms. Graham, thank you for sharing... Read more
Highlights from the 2012 GI SymposiumThis web-based seminar, to be held February 23 from 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Eastern, provides highlights about new science and clinically relevant topics presented at the 2012 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Topics covered include prevention and screening, translational research, and diagnosis and treatment of GI... Read more
David B. Agus, MD | Photo credit: Todd Hido The End of Illness, a book authored by longtime ASCO member David B. Agus, MD, was released on January 17, 2012, to significant media attention, including coverage on Good Morning America, World News with Diane Sawyer, Nightline, and The Wall Street Journal.... Read more
I’ve been thinking about bad habits lately. Not because of my teenage children (although they are quick to remind me of such things), but because of some recommended reading from some colleagues. One recommendation was a blog by Robert J. Sternberg (Provost at Oklahoma State University) entitled simply “10 Bad Habits.” This post describes the problems... Read more
Last week I attended the semi-annual meeting of the Gynecologic Oncology Group, the cooperative group focused on trials for gynecologic cancers. Over two days I was engaged in updates of ongoing clinical trials and discussion of new trial concepts for ovarian, cervix, endometrial, and other gynecologic cancers. We learned that we are entering... Read more
Personalized medicine has become the mantra for the 21st century—as if somehow we never before customized the care we provide to the individual patient’s diagnosis and personal needs. But the reality of choosing therapies rationally for patients with cancer has never been more apparent. In the past decade, the lessons from understanding the molecular... Read more
Do you remember the 1998 movie You've Got Mail, starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks? I saw it on cable recently. Ryan's character runs a small bookstore in New York. Tom Hanks owns a megastore, which moves into Ryan’s neighborhood. He and Meg Ryan fall in love with each other over the (then relatively new) Internet, Microsoft Outlook acting as Cupid. The... Read more
When I tell people I am an oncologist, I usually get the same response: "That must be so depressing! How do you stand it?" I remember having members of my own family ask me that way back when I was a medical resident as I made the decision to enter oncology. Now that I am in a position where I interact with medical students and residents, I find... Read more
Recently, a very dear friend learned that her breast cancer (diagnosed in 2010) had spread to her brain. Despite my many years as an oncologist, having faced questions from my own patients about "Why me?", "What did I do to deserve this?"—questions I am fully aware have no answer—I found myself asking the same questions, expressing the same anguish:... Read more
I just finished reading an awesome article recently published in Forbes on “pursuitology”—the concept that “great leaders are never satisfied with traditional practice, static thinking, conventional wisdom or common practice. In fact, the best leaders are simply uncomfortable with anything that embraces the status quo. Leadership is pursuit,” says... Read more
As much as we loathe wars, we should realize that we are in the midst of a global one that kills more people than all world wars, regional wars, or civil wars. The numbers of victims claimed by this war’s far-reaching effects and collateral damages are striking evidence of its massive destructive impact. As we approach World Cancer Day, on February... Read more
ASCO mourns the loss of James B. Nachman, MD, an internationally renowned pediatric cancers specialist who passed away unexpectedly in June 2011. To honor his dedication to caring for children with cancer, the Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO has established the James B. Nachman ASCO Junior Faculty Award in Pediatric Oncology. The $3,000 award will... Read more
Derrick Cox, MD | Photograph by Bill Wippert Cancer doesn’t care where you come from and it couldn’t care less about your zip code. It exists in a world without borders, and it does not recognize race, class, or culture. The Conquer Cancer Foundation and ASCO believe that cancer professionals should also represent... Read more
In November, the Society held a Health IT/EHR Symposium in Atlanta to help community oncology practices and large institutions navigate recent health care policy changes and leverage health information technology to improve the quality of care. “The ASCO Health IT/EHR Symposium provided a great opportunity to view the rapidly expanding area of... Read more
On November 1, CMS released its final Physician Fee Schedule and Revisions to Payment Policies for 2012. The rule is titled the “Medicare Program; Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule, Five-Year Review of Work Relative Value Units, Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: Signature on Requisition, and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2012.”View... Read more