Advocacy and Policy

ASCO State/Regional Affiliates: Making a Difference in Cancer Care With You

Do you belong to your ASCO State/Regional Affiliate? If not, you should! Do you take advantage of all they have to offer? If not, you should! You, and more importantly your patients, will benefit enormously.

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President’s Cancer Panel Report Recognizes ASCO’s Work in HIT Interoperability

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Apply Now for Health Policy Fellowship

Policy issues fundamentally affect us, our practices, and most importantly, our patients. As I hope you are aware, ASCO has our backs. Indeed, understanding and making meaningful changes to health policy has...

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Become Engaged, Stay Engaged: More Important Than Ever

We (the ASCO delegation) have just returned from the interim American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates meeting in Orlando. ASCO proposed a resolution focused on the restrictive opioid policies...

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ASCO Members Advocate for Key Cancer Care Priorities at Home and on Capitol Hill

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ASCO Commends Cancer Moonshot for Helping Accelerate Progress Against Cancer

Vice President Joe Biden and the government-wide Cancer Moonshot Task Force have presented today a sweeping vision that, if realized, could change the face of cancer prevention, screening, treatment, and...

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Conquer Cancer Foundation Honors 12 Oncology Professionals with Merit Awards for Palliative Care Research Contributions

Fish Story: What Is the Purpose of Big Pharma?

Many of the successful, FDA-approved drugs commonly used in cancer care were developed at small biotech or pharma companies—so what role do the "big fish" play?

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Unity, Progress, and Federal Research Funding: An Optimist’s Perspective

Support for federal research funding for cancer is not about politics. It's about people. There is no one in our society—liberal, conservative, libertarian, or just don’t care—who isn’t touched in some way by...

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Are You Ready for MACRA?

Believe it or not, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 was passed more than 1 year ago, and program changes begin in less than six months, on Janurary 1, 2017.

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