News | Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation

By Mark Crafts

Mark Crafts is a technology professional in the San Francisco Bay Area. He’s been conquering Stage IV colon cancer for two and a half years.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting Merit Awards.

These distinguished awards support oncology trainees who are first authors on abstracts selected for presentation at the ASCO Annual Meeting. This year, Conquer Cancer will recognize 104 recipients with Merit Awards. These oncology professionals are recognized for their respective field and research advancements within the cancer care community. 

By Howard A. Burris III, MD, FACP, FASCO; Thomas G. Roberts, Jr., MD, FASCO; Clifford A. Hudis, MD, FACP, FASCO

Today, a little over a month since causing its first recorded fatality in the United States, COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in America, as reported by Newsweek.

The Conquer Cancer Council (CCC) is a group of for-profit and non-profit organizations committed to improving cancer care in their communities. In this Q&A series, leaders share how uniting with oncology leaders helps advance efforts to conquer cancer.

All of healthcare is being impacted by Coronavirus. What will this mean for cancer?

It’s wedding day. A father with colorectal cancer walks his daughter down the aisle. His oncologist, Rona Yaeger, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, helps him mark this milestone.

Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation awards a grant celebrating Jane C. Wright, MD, FASCO annually at ASCO Annual Meeting. We reflect on how Dr. Wright’s legacy lives on through the next generation of researchers.

It’s lunchtime in Chicago, 1964.

Seven forward-thinking oncologists gather to brainstorm what will become the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).  Among the group is Dr. Jane C. Wright, the only woman and African American among ASCO’s founders.