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Linda R. Duska, MD, MPH
Sep 13, 2022
Insights to Share and Lessons to Learn
There has never been a more pertinent moment for all of us to consider how we can engage with colleagues in other countries to solve the problems of cancer. 
Nagi S. El Saghir, MD, FASCO, FACP
Jul 21, 2022
Best of ASCO Lebanon: An International Success for 17 Years
It feels great to celebrate 17 consecutive years of organizing the Best of ASCO Lebanon meeting, including a well-received event featuring expert faculty in 2022.
Linda R. Duska, MD, MPH
Jul 20, 2022
Integrating New Knowledge and Ideas Into Our Practice and Research
The weeks following the ASCO Annual Meeting always feel like a bit of a reset, as we emerge energized from connecting with friends and colleagues.
Anne Katz, PhD, RN, FAAN
Jul 19, 2022
The Affair
Cancer changes the relationship between what we think is certain and the fallibility of our assumptions; it can also be a source of discovery about ourselves and our relationships.
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Oct 27, 2020
Reflections on ASCO’s Oncology Student Interest Group Program: Benefits and Opportunities for Young Trainees and Medical Students
An OSIG is "an ideal opportunity for us to be active in public health, advocacy, leadership, and education with a major focus on cancer prevention and screening, increasing the quality of life of patients and their families, as well as healthy living," writes Ms. Duaa Kanan.
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Sep 29, 2020
The Doctor Will Zoom With You Now: Telemedicine and Breast Cancer Care
Dr. Carolyn B. Hendricks was an early adopter of telemedicine and is confident that it has benefitted her patients, but there are three things that she misses during televisits.
Sep 22, 2020
The Toxicity of Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic
"I always work hard to help my patients live as long as possible, but now I have the added goal of helping them live to see a post-pandemic world," writes Dr. Suneel D. Kamath. 
Sep 17, 2020
The Return of the Physician House Call: (Virtual) Caring in Bytes and Pieces
"The post-COVID world of medicine is a place of nuance at the new, tech-driven intersection of love and science," writes Dr. Douglas B. Flora of the virtual house call.
Sep 09, 2020
Cancer Unintended: A Story From A Pandemic
"The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact is immediate for people who suffered from infection, but there is also an indirect impact on people who had to defer diagnosis and treatment plans, and the consequences of these delays will likely last for years," Dr. Dawood Findakly writes.
Aug 18, 2020
The Most Difficult Year of Your Career: Really?
Is the first year after fellowship the hardest year of an oncology career? Dr. Katrina Winsnes discusses 3 challenges of that career stage, and strategies to use when the going gets tough.

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