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What You Need to Know About the Final 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program RuleClifford A. Hudis, MD, FASCO, FACPJan 28, 2019
Editor’s note: Dr. Hudis hosts the ASCO in Action Podcast, which focuses on policy and practice issues affecting providers and patients. An excerpt of a recent episode is shared below; it has been edited for length and clarity.
Advocacy and Policy
What’s Happening in Your State: A Look at Cancer Policy Activity in the StatesGuest CommentaryJan 28, 2019
Dr. Elizabeth M. Blanchard outlines hot-button health policy issues that are likely to be legislative priorities in U.S. states during 2019-2020. Your voice can make an impact on these issues at the state level.
Advocacy and Policy
ASCO 2019 Call for Abstracts: Transform the Future of Cancer CareGuest CommentaryJan 25, 2019
On behalf of the Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee, Dr. Suzanne George invites you to submit an abstract by February 12 to the ASCO Annual Meeting, which offers more than 2,000 presentation opportunities.
Meetings and Education
There Can Be MiraclesAdetokunbo Oluwasanjo, MDJan 23, 2019
One of my most challenging clinical experiences is trying to counsel a patient whose preferred treatment is a literal miracle. 
Practice and Patient Care
2 Comments
ASCO, SMeO Expand Horizons, Bring Innovative Strategies to Improve Global OncologyInternational PerspectivesJan 16, 2019
Dr. Jean Rene V. Clemenceau Valdivia describes the shared history of the Sociedad Mexicana de Oncologia and ASCO, and the new formal partnership that will guide future collaboration between the two societies.
International
A Conversation With Dr. Beverly Moy: Removing Financial Barriers to Clinical Trials ParticipationClifford A. Hudis, MD, FASCO, FACPJan 14, 2019
Social injustice is perpetuated when patients can't afford to participate in essential clinical research.
Research and Science, Advocacy and Policy
Inspiration and Resolutions for 2019Linda R. Duska, MD, MPHJan 08, 2019
Although there’s never a bad time to make a positive commitment in your life, something about opening the calendar to January 1 feels like the right moment to set an intention.
Professional Development
Hormone: An Allegory of a Woman’s FoeGuest CommentaryJan 03, 2019
Dr. Pesona Grace Lucksom's career journey has been shaped by a series of battles with hormones and their impact on women's health, and this is a fight she intends to win.
Practice and Patient Care
The Well-Dressed Patient: A Style Choice, or Attempt to Maintain Dignity?Anne Katz, PhD, RN, FAANJan 02, 2019
A deliberately stylish patient led me to wonder if any insight can be gleaned from our patients' clothing choices as a reflection of how they're navigating the experience of illness and recovery.
Practice and Patient Care
When We Can’t Cure, We Can Alleviate Fear and SufferingDon S. Dizon, MD, FACP, FASCODec 20, 2018
My patient's greatest fear was living in pain, so I called on my incredible colleagues in palliative care.
Practice and Patient Care
1 Comment
ASCO in the Community: Listening and Learning From Patients in Laredo, TXGuest CommentaryDec 18, 2018
Dr. Eduardo Miranda details physician takeaways from patient-focused discussions that took place in the Texas/Mexico border town of Laredo.
“Please Don’t Tell My Family!”: Helping Patients Face Lung Cancer Stigma Guest CommentaryDec 17, 2018
Dr. Narjust Duma treated a patient who was brave in the face of lung cancer, but feared the judgment of her community.
Practice and Patient Care
1 Comment
Pink October Awareness Campaigns Transform Into Pink October Action CampaignsNagi S. El Saghir, MD, FASCO, FACPDec 11, 2018
The National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC; @deadline2020) recently issued an important message about transforming Pink October Breast Cancer Month from awareness into action to have a better impact on...
International, Practice and Patient Care
A Teachable Moment, or One to Be Ignored?Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, FASCODec 11, 2018
What do you do when a patient requests a different physician, and you suspect prejudice is the reason?
Practice and Patient Care
The Future Belongs to Those Who MentorGuest CommentaryDec 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 as well as the patients whose lives rely on it.
Professional Development
ASCO in the Community: Science and Faith in Conversation in Sudbury, MAGuest CommentaryDec 06, 2018
Dr. Colin D. Weekes and the Reverend Joel B. Guillemette had a thoughtful and personal conversation about how they approach deeply challenging questions of hope and mortality in their work following an ASCO town hall event.
Practice and Patient Care
1 Comment
The Inpatient Oncology Service: 10 Tips to Make the Most of a Challenging RotationGuest CommentaryDec 05, 2018
Drs. Arjun Gupta, Erica Nakajima, and Ramy Sedhom offer their personal insights and experience on how to thrive and even appreciate this tough rotation.
Practice and Patient Care, Professional Development
Lung Cancer in Latin America Revisited: From Panama to ArgentinaGilberto Lopes, MD, FASCO, MBANov 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.
International, Practice and Patient Care

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