2019 ASCO Annual Meeting: Caring for Every Patient, Learning From Every Patient
Join us May 31-June 4 in Chicago for the most exciting science, education, and networking.
FEATURED BLOGS
Moving Towards Health Equity: Join the Conversation With #ASCOHealthEquity
Guest Commentary
May 20, 2019
Health Equity Committee chair Dr. William D. Tap highlights the recent work and forward momentum of ASCO's efforts to achieve health care equity for all through improved access to and quality of care.
The Impact of Utilization Management on Patients and Practices: A Conversation with Dr. Jeffery Ward
Clifford A. Hudis, MD, FACP, FASCO
May 20, 2019
Dr. Ward and I discuss the policies that public and private insurers use to control the use of anticancer drug therapies, such as prior authorization requirements, restrictive formularies, step...
My Best Tips for Preparing for ASCO’s Annual Meeting
Miriam Knoll, MD
May 17, 2019
To help you get the most out of #ASCO19, I'm sharing a vlog on networking (it's not as scary as you think!) and strategies for organizing your schedule and maximizing your face time with the people...
Letting Go, Not Giving Up: Accepting the Reality of a Cancer Diagnosis
Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, FASCO
May 16, 2019
My patient had struggled emotionally throughout the course of her cancer treatment, until the day I walked into the room and noticed a profound change.
Women in Oncology: Let’s Learn, Connect, Reflect Together at 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting
Women in Oncology
May 16, 2019
"As women in oncology, we have so many common stories and so much to learn from one another," writes Dr. Jane Lowe Meisel.
Counting Down to the 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting: A Personal Welcome
Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD
May 15, 2019
If we are to achieve a world without the fear of cancer, we must combine forces and work together as never before to learn from every patient’s experience to benefit those who come afterward.
Ringing the Bell: What Does It Signal for Our Patients?
Anne Katz, PhD, RN, FAAN
May 07, 2019
We personalize cancer treatment for our patients. Perhaps it is time to personalize how we acknowledge the transitions in their cancer experience.
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May 20, 2019
Dr. Dizon,
May I be so bold as to urge you to find her and send her a copy of this post and a short note saying "thank you"? I had...
Mark Notess
May 13, 2019
I remind them that they will overcome the loss of sense of self and agency that is so much a part of the cancer experience.
I wonder...
Mark Notess
May 12, 2019
Great article, Anne. I am another of those non-bell-ringers. I have incurable stage four metastatic prostate cancer. I don't resent it when...
Cobie Whitten, PhD
May 08, 2019
I facilitate a cancer support group and was alerted to issues regarding the bell ceremony from group members. Those with...
Dian Weber
Apr 23, 2019
Dear Dr Duska,
The reason your FIL received all the care he did at EOL and was not offered hospice is because our medical system is...
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Dr. Surbhi Sidana shares her insider tips on how to make the most of the meeting's many opportunities.
We personalize cancer treatment for our patients. Perhaps it is time to personalize how we acknowledge the transitions in their cancer experience.
Cancer and its treatment can sap a patient's physical vigor and vitality - and with those, their sense of self and personal identity.
Join us May 31-June 4 in Chicago for the most exciting science, education, and networking.
When medical student Andrea Anampa-Guzmán's father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, she realized she needed to take care of herself so she could take care of him.