Edith Peterson Mitchell, researcher, medical oncologist, and retired brigadier general was chosen as the 2017 American Society for Radiation Oncology Honorary Member. Mtchell will receive the award on Sept. 26 at ASTRO’s 59th Annual Meeting in San Diego.“Dr. Edith Mitchell has been a longtime proponent of combined modality treatment—using chemotherapy and radiation therapy together in order to provide cancer patients with the best possible outcomes,” says ASTRO chair David Beyer. “Our specialty is privileged to have a champion such as Dr. Mitchell, who is a widely respected clinician as well as decorated military veteran. Her service to both our country and our field is laudable.”
Wafik El-Deiry, director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University, joined The Cancer Letter’s weekly podcast to discuss his recent guest editorial—and confirmed his candidacy for director of the National Cancer Institute.
