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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Cancer Care Is Not One Thing.

WEBASCO’s Evolving Approach to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. ASCO’s work aims to address all of the important differences that can impact access to cancer care …

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Patient Education Is an Essential Element of Quality Cancer Care

WEBFor more than 15 years, ASCO, with the support of ASCO’s Conquer Cancer Foundation, has provided a patient education program, including Cancer.Net and its …

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Staying Current in Today’s Era of Rapidly Evolving Medical Advances

WEBA study in 2011 estimated that “the doubling time of medical knowledge in 1950 was 50 years; in 1980, 7 years; and in 2010, 3.5 years. In 2020 it is projected to be …

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Women in Oncology: Breaking Down Barriers and Looking to the …

WEBAt the time of the last ASCO workforce survey, women made up 28.4% of the oncologist workforce, and that proportion is rising every year in each of the three …

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Cancer Care in the Hispanic/Latinx Population: A Tale From the …

WEBThe Hispanic/Latinx population living in the U.S. continues to face many challenges, including high uninsured rates, lack of representation in oncology clinical …

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Blogs ASCO Connection

WEBASCOconnection.org is a forum for the exchange of views on topical issues in the field of oncology. The views expressed in the blogs, comments, and forums …

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Re-Engineering the Health Care Code: The Reality of Genetic …

WEBThe ideas and opinions expressed on the ASCO Connection Blogs do not necessarily reflect those of ASCO. None of the information posted on …

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Ethics and Health Information Technology ASCO Connection

WEBThe first is the validity of the separation of clinical research and routine clinical care. Most of biomedical ethics that resides in the consciousness of oncologists …

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How I Became a Surgeon, Clinical Researcher, and Director of …

WEBClement A. Adebamowo, BM, ChB Hons, ScD, FWACS, FACS, FASCO, FSSO, has a career that spans two continents. He is a tenured Professor in the …

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Transforming Cancer Care Delivery With Generative AI

WEB“I think generative artificial intelligence will have a profound and transformative impact across all of society in every aspect of human experience and of …

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Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli: Renewed Focus on Caring for and …

WEBMonica M. Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, FASCO, first heard about ASCO when she was a fellow. Although she was training to be a surgeon, many of the faculty members …

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Ensuring Equitable Cancer Care for Every Patient: A Conversation …

WEBAfter serving as ASCO president-elect in 2019-2020, Dr. Lori J. Pierce began her term as ASCO’s 57th president on June 1, 2020.

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Cancer Care for Undocumented Immigrants: A Vulnerable …

WEBBy Domna Antoniadis, JD Legal service attorney, New York. Daniel Boxer, MD Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine …

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Ethical Considerations for Allocating Scarce Resources During a

WEBEthical Considerations for Allocating Scarce Resources During a Pandemic. Clifford A. Hudis, MD, FASCO, FACP. @CliffordHudis. Jun 18, 2020. Editor’s note: Dr. …

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Medicine Is a Calling, Not a Profession ASCO Connection

WEBAs important, I tell them of the art of medicine: Mostly, I want to impart that medicine, in the words of my friend and mentor Larry Norton, should be a calling, not a …

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Reaching Every Patient, Everywhere: ASCO’s

WEBWhile cancer care equity has been a high priority for the Society since its founding in 1964, the events of the past year have put a sharp focus on ASCO’s efforts …

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Cancer Care by Zip Code: Examining Geographic Health Disparities …

WEBAs a cancer petient who initially received treatment in rural America, I know first-hand the signiciant increase of complications and long-term effects due to the lack …

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When Things Go Wrong: Dealing With Medical Errors

WEBA patient receives a chemotherapy dose that was not adequately reduced for impaired organ function leading to increased toxicity. Indeed, chemotherapy errors are …

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How I Became a Clinical Oncology Pharmacist ASCO Connection

WEBHow I Became a Clinical Oncology Pharmacist. Alison Palumbo, PharmD, MPH, BCOP, is a clinical oncology pharmacist at Oregon Health and Science …

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ASCO Remembers Humanitarian and Health Equity Champion Dr.

WEBASCO is deeply saddened by the death of oncology luminary, health equity champion, and ASCO Humanitarian Award honoree Edith P. Mitchell, MD, MACP, …

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