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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.

Currently, patients with BRAF-mutant colorectal cancers face a poor prognosis. Dr. Yaeger and her team work to develop targeted combination therapies to treat patients with this molecular alteration in their tumors. A Conquer Cancer grant connected Dr. Yaeger with the resources needed to address this difficult-to-treat disease and help patients heal.

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.

Alexandria, Va. – Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Merit Awards.

These awards recognize the quality and scientific merit of research submitted by oncology fellows and trainees to an ASCO-sponsored or cosponsored meeting. The selected early-career researchers of these Conquer Cancer Merit Awards are presenting their findings at the 2020 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, Calif., February 13 – 15, 2020. 

2020 Recipients:

Alexandria, Va. – Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 ASCO-SITC Immuno-Oncology Symposium Merit Awards.

These awards recognize the following early-career researchers for the scientific merit of their abstracts and their valuable contributions to the field of immuno-oncology. The selected researchers of these Conquer Cancer Merit Awards will present their findings at the ASCO-SITC Immuno-Oncology Symposium in Orlando, Florida from February 6 – 8, 2020.

2020 Recipients:

Alexandria, Va. – Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation is pleased to announce the 2020 International Innovation Grant (IIG) recipients. IIGs provide a one-year research grant of up to $20,000 to a nonprofit organization or government agency in support of novel and innovative projects that can have a significant impact on cancer control in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The award is intended to support proposals that have the potential to reduce the cancer burden in local communities, while also being potentially transferable to other LMIC settings.

Alexandria, Va. – Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Merit Awards.

These awards recognize the quality and scientific merit of research submitted by oncology fellows and trainees to an ASCO-sponsored or cosponsored meeting. The selected early-career researchers of these Conquer Cancer Merit Awards presented their findings at the 2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, Calif., from January 23 – 25, 2020. 

2020 Recipients