ASCO & Member News
Find highlights of ASCO initiatives, including news related to oncology research and clinical practice, policy and advocacy, education, and meetings, and updates on ASCO’s patient-centered site, Cancer.Net, and Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation.
Member News provides updates on ASCO member career news, awards, and recognitions, as well as profiles of ASCO volunteer leaders. If you have news you would like to share, please contact ascoconnection@asco.org.
Mar 13, 2014
Learn about the Society's ongoing programs and new initiatives from the past year, including the continued development of CancerLinQTM and other quality-focused programs; the launch of ASCO International; highlights from educational meetings; and advocacy and policy efforts.
Feb 26, 2014
The Yale Cancer Center awarded the Population Science Research Prize to Cary P. Gross, MD, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Yale School of Medicine, and James B. Yu, MD, Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology at the Yale Cancer Center.
Gary Gilliland, MD, PhD, was named the...
Feb 25, 2014
The ASCO Cancer Research Committee’s consensus recommendations for clinical trial outcomes that would provide clinically meaningful results to patients have been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Feb 25, 2014
ASCO’s Community Research Forum has developed the ASCO Clinical Research Quality Assessment Tool, which is designed to help community research sites exceed the minimum quality standards of conducting clinical research.
The tool provides an overview of ASCO’s recommendations for the important components of an internal quality assessment...
The tool provides an overview of ASCO’s recommendations for the important components of an internal quality assessment...
Feb 25, 2014
ASCO has developed informational materials for providers and patients on the clinical trials insurance coverage provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Information for providers can be found on ASCO’s Insurance Coverage for Clinical...
Feb 25, 2014
January marked the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health. The report was the first from the federal government to document the link between smoking and cancer.
Feb 25, 2014
ASCO is committed to ensuring that Americans have access to high-quality, high-value cancer prevention and treatment services—and that all patients benefit fully from the nation’s investments in cancer research. In mid-March, the Society will be releasing The State of Cancer Care in America: 2014, a report that examines the many factors...
Feb 25, 2014
The need for training materials for advanced practice providers (APPs) who work in oncology practices becomes increasingly important as practices hire larger numbers of APPs to meet the demand for team-based care and to address the growing shortage of health care workers.
Feb 25, 2014
As ASCO turns 50, the Conquer Cancer Foundation, founded as The ASCO Foundation in 1999, turns 15. For those 15 years, the Foundation has fueled some of ASCO's most critical programs in research, education, and patient information resources worldwide— programs that would not be possible without the philanthropic support of Conquer Cancer...
Feb 24, 2014
In 2014, the Society is celebrating over five decades of member-led achievements in establishing and advancing the field of modern clinical oncology. In honor of this significant milestone, both the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) and the Journal of Oncology Practice (JOP) are featuring a special 50th...