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.
Oct 25, 2013
This November, the Journal of Oncology Practice (JOP) reprises its special State of Oncology Practice supplement. In this issue, authors and researchers Elaine L. Towle and Thomas R. Barr, of Oncology Metrics, share their most recent data, giving readers an informed assessment of the changes affecting practices. Barr stresses that “with...
Oct 25, 2013
Gary K. Schwartz, MD, a medical oncologist and internist, Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, and Chief of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Melanoma and Sarcoma Service, was recently named an Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO). In the following interview, Dr. Schwartz discusses his new role.
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Oct 22, 2013
Dr. Meropol is Associate Director, Clinical Research, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Associate Director, Clinical Programs, Seidman Cancer Center, University Hospitals Case Medical Center.
Oct 22, 2013
For Steven G. Eisenberg, DO, art and science have always been intertwined, never dichotomous. Before becoming a general practitioner, his father attended art school. His uncles are doctors. His mother is an art appraiser. Life in the Eisenberg family meant piano jam sessions and an up-close view of the unique connection between physicians and...
Oct 22, 2013
Untitled DocumentOver the last several months, Cancer.Net has been updating its content, releasing new materials for patients, and expanding its outreach to help more people diagnosed with cancer educate themselves about their disease and treatment options.ASCO partners with the...
Sep 27, 2013
On September 22, the oncology community lost Steven M. Grunberg, MD, an outstanding mentor, clinician, and researcher who generously donated his time volunteering for several oncology organizations, including ASCO and the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC).
Sep 13, 2013
By Sharon H. Giordano, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Aug 27, 2013
The University of New Mexico Cancer Center announced that Wadih Arap, MD, PhD, is the new Deputy Director and Chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the School of Medicine.
Archana Bhargava, MD, Assistant Professor at Dartmouth Medical School and a part of the Oncology/Hematology Department at Frisbie...
Aug 23, 2013
Richard T. Penson, MD, MRCP, of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center, is rarely bored. When he isn’t seeing patients as Clinical Director of Medical Gynecologic Oncology at MGH or working with a new service for patients with cancer on the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, he can be found leading children’s lessons at Living...
Aug 23, 2013
Michael A. Carducci, MD, FACP, FASCO, AEGON Professor in Prostate Cancer Research and Professor of Oncology and Urology at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, was recently named an Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO).
AC: What do you hope to bring to JCO in your new role?
AC: What do you hope to bring to JCO in your new role?