2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program: News for Patients

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• Effect of Quitting Smoking on Lung Cancer Survival, Maintenance Therapy for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer, Geriatric Assessments, Medicaid Expansion and Overall Cancer Mortality, and Videoconferencing for Caregivers (also in Spanish)

• Immunotherapy for Colorectal Cancer, Maintenance Therapy for Bladder Cancer, Precision Medicine in Childhood Cancers, Treatment for Gestational Trophoblastic Disease, and Targeted Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (also in Spanish) 

• The Global Impact of COVID-19 on People With Cancer (also in Spanish)

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• Central Nervous System Tumors and Lymphoma

• Head and Neck Cancer and Melanoma

• Breast Cancer, Sarcoma, and Supportive Care

• Leukemia, Colorectal Cancer, and Lung Cancer

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting: News for Patients

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• An Early Look at This Year’s Research

• Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancers and Targeted Therapy for Breast Cancer

• Treatment Advances for Metastatic Prostate Cancer and Pancreatic Cancer, Multiple Myeloma Survival Factors, and Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Cancer Care

• Laparoscopic Surgery for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Expanding Eligibility Criteria for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, and a New Targeted Therapy for Advanced Bladder Cancer 

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• Gastrointestinal Cancers, AML, and MDS

• Soft-Tissue Sarcoma and Melanoma

• Breast Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Care for Nausea and Vomiting

2018 ASCO Annual Meeting: News for Patients

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• A Preview of This Year’s Research

• Geriatric Assessment Improves Communication, Racial and Gender Differences in Cancer Treatment, and a Comparison of Cancer Treatment Costs

• New Insight Into Lynch Syndrome, Finding and Treating Lung Cancer, a New Targeted Therapy for Breast Cancer, and Evidence that Personalized Medicine Helps

• Less Treatment Needed for Some Patients With Breast Cancer and Kidney Cancer, Immunotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, and Maintenance Chemotherapy for Rhabdomyosarcoma

• Treatment Changes for Pancreatic Cancer and Colorectal Cancer

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• Sarcomas, Gastrointestinal Cancers, Kidney Cancer, and Brain Tumors

• Side Effects, Head and Neck Cancer, Breast Cancer, and Melanoma

• Childhood Cancers, Older Adults, Myeloma, and Lung Cancer