By Gina Kolata For some patients with metastatic tumors not significantly affected by other forms of chemotherapy, the treatment halted their cancer’s growth. By Gina Kolata El estudio era ...

The American Cancer Society plans to name an interim CEO by the end of the year and conduct a national search for a permanent ...

It’s hard for practicing oncologists to stay on top of the latest clinical data, but good partnerships and clinical decision ...

This year, the American Society of Clinical Oncology -- the world's leading oncology organization -- recommended palliative care for everyone with advanced cancer at the time of diagnosis and ...

Karen Knudsen, PhD, CEO of both the American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, will transition from the organizations. Dr. Knudsen "will ...

These guidelines from the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC)/European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the ...

The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center’s Eric Vick, MD, PhD, has been awarded a nearly $215,000 grant from the Leukemia ...

An oncologist diagnoses and treats cancer. With an oncologist referral, you go to a specialty center for further evaluation.

For about five years, he’s been driving folks around for the American Cancer Society. During that time, he’s met and reunited with many people. "One was a retired nurse," Wall recalled.

the leading American oncology society has devised a “value framework” to evaluate treatments by effectiveness, side effects and cost. In a clinical trial involving 386 people, participants who ...

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