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Cancer patients continue to face shortages of critical therapies for which there are often no acceptable substitutions. Last year, the medical community experienced a record number of shortages and the situation is expected to worsen without action from Congress. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is pleased that U.S. Representatives John Carney [D-DE] and Larry Bucshon [R-IN] have introduced legislation that will begin to address this crisis.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The American Society of Clinical Oncology today issued a detailed prescription for transforming clinical cancer research in the United States and speeding the creation of new therapies for patients. In a new report, Accelerating Progress Against Cancer: ASCO’s Blueprint for Transforming Clinical and Translational Cancer Research, ASCO lays out its vision for transforming clinical and translational research to deliver more effective and personalized cancer therapies faster. The report also articulates recommendations for achieving that vision over the next several years and ASCO’s commitment to enacting the recommendations.
Alexandria, Va. – Increasing the role of nurse practitioners and physicians assistants in an oncology practice is one effective way to address the projected oncology workforce shortage, according to a new ASCO study. Funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the “Study of Collaborative Practice Arrangements” (SPCA), was published today in the Journal of Oncology Practice.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – New studies on breast cancer screening, treatment, and survival were released today in advance of the 2011 Breast Cancer Symposium. The symposium is being held September 8-10, 2011, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco.
Palo Alto, Calif. and Alexandria, Va.- The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the world's leading professional organization representing physicians who care for people with cancer, and CollabRx, an organization that leverages information technology to personalize cancer treatments and accelerate research have forged a strategic partnership to develop innovative, Web-based decision support tools that enable physicians and their patients to better understand emerging cancer therapies and the specific genetic profiles of patients' tumors that these drugs target.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In this News Digest you will find a summary of a study being published online March 14 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology finding that a surgical technique was able to find viable sperm and allow fertility in many male childhood cancer survivors who received chemotherapy and were thought to be sterile
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - New studies on the screening and treatment of genitourinary cancers were released today in advance of the fourth annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, being held February 17-19, 2011, at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida.
Chicago – The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today issued a guideline for the use of serum markers in the diagnosis, treatment and management of germ cell tumors (GCT) in men, most commonly testicular cancer. A panel convened by ASCO conducted a systematic review of medical research literature in partnership with Cancer Care Ontario to develop the recommendations. The guideline will be published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO).
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) announced today that Stephen A. Cannistra, MD, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, will become Editor-in-Chief of JCO effective May 2011.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) is celebrating the publication of its 500th issue. The tri-monthly peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) will reach this milestone with its November 10, 2009, edition.
