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.
Aug 23, 2013
In response to scientific advances and the evolving regulatory and policy environment, ASCO recently updated its 2003 policy statement on tobacco cessation and control. The statement reviews advancements since 2003 and outlines recommendations based on...
Aug 23, 2013
ASCO surveyed its members in October 2012 and again in April 2013 to assess the effects of oncology drug shortages over the previous six months to determine the efficacy of recent legislative and regulatory efforts in this area. The surveys received 390 and 462 responses, respectively.
Aug 22, 2013
ASCO is hosting the second Community Research Forum on October 4, 2013, at ASCO’s Virginia headquarters, to help community-based researchers develop collaborative solutions to promote participation in community-based research. The forum will hear results of a project with approximately 50 trial sites to test the new Workload Assessment Tool, which...
Aug 22, 2013
ASCO joined more than 50 organizations in urging the Obama administration to issue regulations or guidance before January 2014 to ensure health plans implement an important provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that would remove a critical obstacle to patients interested in participating in research.
Aug 22, 2013
Funding cuts continue to be a threat
ASCO marked significant progress toward modernizing clinical cancer research as outlined during the Opening Press Briefing of the Society’s 49th Annual Meeting this past June, in Chicago, but warned that advances against cancer could stagnate as a result of recent cuts to U.S. biomedical research funding....
ASCO marked significant progress toward modernizing clinical cancer research as outlined during the Opening Press Briefing of the Society’s 49th Annual Meeting this past June, in Chicago, but warned that advances against cancer could stagnate as a result of recent cuts to U.S. biomedical research funding....
Aug 22, 2013
ASCO members spend their careers seeking new and better ways to conquer cancer—through research and innovation, continued education and training, and exemplary patient care. On a daily basis, ASCO members collaborate with the Conquer Cancer Foundation to help magnify ASCO's ability to pursue these aims and bring us closer to a world free from the...
Aug 22, 2013
Associate Director of the Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Training Program and Professor in the Division of Oncology at the University of Washington; Director of the University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance clinical research program in melanoma and kidney cancer; and the 2014-2015 Chair-Elect of the ASCO Nominating Committee...
Aug 22, 2013
ASCO University®, in partnership with the LIVESTRONG Foundation, has created a collection of materials about fertility preservation issues in patients of childbearing age. These materials are part of the Focus Under Forty™ series (university.asco.org/focus-under-forty), a...
Aug 07, 2013
ASCO Connection is pleased to announce that ASCO volunteer Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, won the 2013 Apex Grand Award for his blog series on ASCOconnection.org. Dr. Dizon is Assistant in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Oncology...