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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2022 Quality Care Symposium Merit Awards.  

These distinguished awards recognize oncology fellows and trainees who are first authors on top-ranking abstracts selected for presentation at the ASCO Quality Care Symposium September 30 – October 1, 2022, in Chicago.  

These 30 oncology professionals are recognized for their respective field and research advancements within the cancer care community:     

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, is pleased to announce Orit Kaidar-Person, MD, of Sheba Medical Center as the recipient of the 2022 Conquer Cancer - Israel Cancer Research Fund Career Development Award (CDA). 

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, and the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) are pleased to announce Leslie K. Dennis, PhD, MS, of The University of Arizona, as the recipient of the 2022 ASCO Registry Melanoma Research Grant.  

Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, has funded researchers at 47 of the 50 Best Cancer Hospitals for 2022.

The list, recently released by U.S. News & World Report, evaluates 914 hospitals and academic centers based on survival rates for particularly challenging patients, patient experience, and other measures of performance that can be assessed using hard data. The top 50 institutions that treat cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, melanoma, breast, kidney, colon, prostate, pancreatic, head and neck, orthopedic, uterine, and ovarian cancers were ranked.

Have you heard of the ASCO Annual Meeting? It is one of the most important ways your gifts to Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, support patients in need.
 

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, today announces the recipients of its awards supporting researchers with projects that span many areas cancer care, including precision medicine, palliative care, and breast cancer. These awards will be given in conjunction with the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting being held in Chicago, IL, June 3-7.