Cancer Survivors Face Greater Economic Burdens, Study Says

Eric Small, ASCO’s immediate past president, speaks on the toll of toxicity—financial, emotional, physical—in cancer
“Discovery alone is not enough. It’s about what becomes of what we discover. It’s about translation.”

In a poignant keynote punctuated with anecdotes about grief, American Society of Clinical Oncology’s immediate past president Eric Small emphasized that the annual conference is not just about scientific discovery, but about a responsibility to translate discoveries into better outcomes for cancer patients globally.

June 05, 2026

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AI in action: MANAscore tool moves closer to clinic

One of the greatest challenges in cancer immunotherapy is finding the rare immune cells, called tumor-reactive T cells, whose job it is to recognize and eliminate tumor cells.

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Cancer patients could be exempted from Medicaid work requirements if they prove they are “medically frail”

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a guidance for states on how to implement Medicaid work requirements that will go into effect nationwide on Jan. 1, 2027.

June 05, 2026

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Richard Pazdur joins Friendsboard

Friends of Cancer Research announced the election of Richard Pazdur to the organization’s board of directors.

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Mina Sedrak and Vijaya Raj Bhatt to co-lead Alliance’s committee on cancer care for older adults

Mina Sedrak, director of the UCLA Center for Cancer and Aging and director of Cancer Control and Survivorship Research at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Vijaya Raj Bhatt professor and medical director of the Leukemia Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, were selected to serve as co-chairs of the Cancer in the Older Adult Committee for The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology.

June 05, 2026

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Labcorp and Alliance partner to support multi-institution trial to expand genetic testing in CRC

Labcorp and the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology will collaborate on a national, multicenter clinical trial for patients newly diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

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Cancer Survivors Face Greater Economic Burdens, Study Says

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Eric Small, ASCO’s immediate past president, speaks on the toll of toxicity—financial, emotional, physical—in cancer
“Discovery alone is not enough. It’s about what becomes of what we discover. It’s about translation.”

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Cancer patients could be exempted from Medicaid work requirements if they prove they are “medically frail”

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Mina Sedrak and Vijaya Raj Bhatt to co-lead Alliance’s committee on cancer care for older adults

Labcorp and Alliance partner to support multi-institution trial to expand genetic testing in CRC

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Eric Small, ASCO’s immediate past president, speaks on the toll of toxicity—financial, emotional, physical—in cancer“Discovery alone is not enough. It’s about what becomes of what we discover. It’s about translation.”

AI in action: MANAscore tool moves closer to clinic

Cancer patients could be exempted from Medicaid work requirements if they prove they are “medically frail”

Richard Pazdur joins Friendsboard

Mina Sedrak and Vijaya Raj Bhatt to co-lead Alliance’s committee on cancer care for older adults

Labcorp and Alliance partner to support multi-institution trial to expand genetic testing in CRC

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Eric Small, ASCO’s immediate past president, speaks on the toll of toxicity—financial, emotional, physical—in cancer
“Discovery alone is not enough. It’s about what becomes of what we discover. It’s about translation.”