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Now Available: 2008 ASCO Annual Meeting Abstracts
New JCO section debuts with editorial from Lance Armstrong
ASCO Joins Frosted Pink with A Twist to Raise Awareness of Cancer; Show to Air October 12 on ABC
Members: Save time, money with Automatic Dues Renewal and Discounted Multiple Year Dues
ASCO ad in USA Today calls for increased funding for cancer research

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Latest Issue of ASCO News & Forum Available Online 

The most recent issue of ASCO News & Forum, the Society’s quarterly membership magazine, is now available online at www.asconews.org.

 

Submit an Abstract for the 2009 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium 

Abstracts for the upcoming Genitourinary Cancers Symposium can be submitted online through October 24, 2008.


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August 20: ASCO Launches Electronic Health Record Podcasts, FDA Releases Guidance on Advisory Committee Process 

ASCO recently launched a new podcast series on the use of electronic health records. On August 4, FDA released guidance detailing the procedures for its advisory committee process.


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Register Now for the 2008 Annual
Meeting on Molecular Markers in Cancer

October 30 - November 1, 2008
The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa
Hollywood, FL


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TODAY'S CANCER NEWS More>> 

UK's NICE recommends Novartis eye drug Lucentis

August 27, 2008

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's healthcare cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE has recommended Novartis AG's pricey eye drug Lucentis, under a special scheme that will cap the cost of treatment to the state health service.

Estrogen receptor-beta status influences breast cancer prognosis

August 27, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Estrogen receptor (ER)-beta status is an important determinant of outcome in women with breast cancer treated with adjuvant tamoxifen therapy, according to a report in the August 1st Journal of Clinical Oncology.


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2008 Breast Cancer Symposium Awards $14,000 to Oncology Fellows 

Alexandria, VA—Organizers of the 2008 Breast Cancer Symposium today announced the winners of the Symposium Merit Awards. Fourteen physicians-in-training will receive funding to assist with their travel to attend the Symposium, to be held September 5-7 in Washington, DC.

 

The ASCO Cancer Foundation to Host Public Forum for Washington, DC Community 

In conjunction with the 2008 Breast Cancer Symposium taking place September 5-7 at the Hilton Washington, the Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is pleased to present a free public forum on breast cancer. Leading experts in the treatment and prevention of breast cancer will be gathered for the Symposium in Washington, DC. The Forum will offer the public an opportunity to interact with these experts directly.


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