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Pink October Awareness Campaigns Transform Into Pink October Action Campaigns

Dec 11, 2018

The National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC; @deadline2020) recently issued an important message about transforming Pink October Breast Cancer...

A Teachable Moment, or One to Be Ignored?

Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, FASCO

Dec 11, 2018

What do you do when a patient requests a different physician, and you suspect prejudice is the reason?

The Future Belongs to Those Who Mentor

Guest Commentary

Dec 11, 2018

Mentors have the awesome responsibility, and privilege, of guiding the next generation of physicians, who in turn will come through medicine and make it better for both those who work in health care...

Lung Cancer in Latin America Revisited: From Panama to Argentina

Gilberto Lopes, MD, MBA

Nov 27, 2018

By 2030, the number of deaths due to lung cancer is expected to almost double for Latin American women and increase by 50% for Latin American men.

Find Your Wolf Pack: How Social Media Facilitates Grassroots Efforts to Promote Female Oncologists at the ASCO Annual Meeting

Miriam Knoll, MD

Nov 20, 2018

Attending the ASCO Annual Meeting was a great reminder of the importance of our social media-based networking; each time I “met” a HOWPG member for the first time, it felt like meeting a close old...

Burnout: Searching for Spiritual Humanism

Frank L. Meyskens, MD

Nov 20, 2018

To rescue someone on the precipice takes courage, with strong doses of love, acceptance, and supported choices and, above all, trust and hopefulness.

AMA House of Delegates: This Timeline Grows Short

Edward Paul Balaban, DO, FACP, FASCO

Nov 19, 2018

At a recent meeting, the ASCO delegation to the AMA House of Delegates presented concerns focused on the Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP), among a variety of other issues.