Cancer.Net, ASCO’s patient information website, continues providing a daily review and timely updates of COVID-19 information in English and Spanish to help patients with cancer during the pandemic.
For more than half his life, Cain Wilson, now 12, has been conquering Ewing sarcoma, a cancer that most often occurs in and around the bones.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2021 Quality Care Symposium Merit Awards.
Kenedi, a young patient with a Wilms tumor, needs a promising treatment plan to conquer this rare kidney cancer. Dr. Allen-Rhoades, a pediatric oncologist and hematologist at the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center, is ready to help.
Z, a 10-year-old patient with relapsed leukemia, builds beaded jewelry while in the hospital for treatment.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - To underscore its commitment to scale and grow cancer research funding and to align more closely with the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), today Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, updated its mission and vision.
“I was accused of being a hypochondriac. And in hindsight, I don't blame the poor internist that was assigned to me at Mayo Clinic because I came to him my first week of fellowship saying I have a hereditary tumor syndrome,” said Dr. Lewis.
“You know, everybody thinks, ‘Oh, you have cancer, you get chemo and that's how you treat it.' And for me, it was sort of different...," said Lisa.
An 88-year-old man with advanced melanoma was enrolled in a clinical trial of a microbiome intervention. Given his age, other more aggressive treatments were not considered feasible.
