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.
Feb 24, 2014
Dr. Lyman is Co-Director, Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research; Full Member, Division of Public Health Sciences at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Professor of Medicine, Public Health, and Pharmacy at the University of Washington; Co-Chair of ASCO's Breast Cancer Guideline Advisory Group and Survivorship Guideline...
Feb 24, 2014
Cancer.Net kicked off 2014 with the launch of a new, interactive resource—the Cancer.Net Blog, which gives Cancer.Net more flexibility in providing patients with the latest information, expertise, and resources.
Dec 22, 2013
Dr. S. Yousuf Zafar captures the world with photography
S. Yousuf Zafar, MD, MHS, travels the world with his wife (a fellow gastrointestinal oncologist), their four-year-old daughter, and a third constant companion— his Nikon. A self-described "visual person," Dr. Zafar's creative outlet is photography, and he finds himself most inspired...
Dec 22, 2013
In September, the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) published online "Marital Status and Survival in Cancer Patients" [Aizer A, Chen M, McCarthy E, et al.], which showed that married patients tend to live longer after a cancer diagnosis than unmarried patients. The study garnered more than twice the coverage of any other JCO...
Dec 22, 2013
This January, authors and researchers of the Journal of Oncology Practice (JOP) share their most recent data on changes within the oncology workforce, providing readers with an assessment of geographical supply and demand and how these changesaffect practice.
In particular, ASCO's Workforce Advisory Group (WAG) updated data in...
Dec 21, 2013
15 years of supporting ASCO programsand cancer progress
Dec 21, 2013
ASCO University's newestcourse provides tips and advicefor documenting educationalachievements
Co-Faculty Members: Leora Horn, MD, MSc (left),
Co-Faculty Members: Leora Horn, MD, MSc (left),
Dec 20, 2013
Michael B. Atkins, MD, Deputy Director of the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, accepted a slot on the National Institutes of Health’s Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee.
Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI), added Brian J. Druker, MD, Director of the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science...
Dec 19, 2013
ASCO’s annual meeting of the Community Research Forum on October 4, 2013, brought together 60 community-based investigators and research staff to review ASCO-developed tools to assess clinical staff workload for conducting clinical trials and elements of a quality research program. Attendees also provided feedback on new tools that ASCO...
Dec 19, 2013
Federally funded cancer research continues to face unprecedented declinesIn 2013, ASCO ramped up its advocacy efforts in calling for increased federal funding to support cancer research and clinical trials. As part of an extensive effort to educate and mobilize the membership to call for a renewed national investment in federally funded...