20140606 – The Cancer Letter

publication date: Jun. 6, 2014

ISSUE 23 – JUNE 6, 2014

A Take-Home Message From ASCO 2014
NCI-Funded Clinical Research In Jeopardy, Society Focuses on Value of NCTN Groups

CHICAGO—The consequences of diminishing federal support for cancer research can be measured in the abstracts presented at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology that concluded earlier this week.

To illustrate the impact of this drought, ASCO developed a graphic label to identify abstracts stemming from studies that had received U.S. federal funds.

Hudis’s Address at ASCO 2014
On Value & Commitment

My name is Clifford Hudis, and I am a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where I am chief of the Breast Medicine Service. I am also professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College and president of ASCO.

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