The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is a
professional organization
A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that profession, and th ...
representing
physicians of all
oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (''à ...
sub-specialties who care for people with
cancer
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. Founded in 1964 by
Fred Ansfield,
Harry Bisel, Herman Freckman, Arnoldus Goudsmit, Robert Talley, William Wilson, and
Jane C. Wright, it has nearly 45,000 members worldwide.
Physician education
ASCO offers educational resources for
cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...
physicians and other health care professionals of clinical
oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (''à ...
. These include scientific meetings, educational conferences, professional workshops, and special symposia on issues of particular relevance and importance to oncologists and researchers. It also produced the patient information website, Cancer.Net.
It publishes numerous journals, books, newsletters, and online and multimedia resources; it publishes the ''
Journal of Clinical Oncology
The ''Journal of Clinical Oncology'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 3 times a month by the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. It covers research on all aspects of clinical oncology. The journal was established in 1983 and the editor-in-c ...
'' (JCO), the ''
JCO Oncology Practice'' (JCO OP), and the ''JCO Global Oncology'' (JCO GO), ''
JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics'', which publishes clinically relevant research based on biomedical informatics methods and processes applied to cancer-related data, information, and images, and ''JCO Precision Oncology'', which publishes original research, reports, opinions, and reviews related to precision oncology and genomics-driven care of patients with cancer.
ASCO also publishes special curricula to address the specific educational needs of cancer professionals.
Publications
*''Journal of Clinical Oncology''
*''JCO Oncology Practice''
*''JCO Global Oncology''
*''
JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics''
*''JCO Precision Oncology''
*''ASCO Connection''
*"The ASCO Post"
Initiatives
Created by members of ASCO, the Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Since the inception of its grants and awards program in 1984, Conquer Cancer has awarded more than $90 million in funding through nearly 1,500 grants and awards to researchers in 65 countries. In 2015, the foundation launched The Campaign to Conquer Cancer, a comprehensive campaign to raise $150 million to fund cancer research, support Conquer Cancer's top priorities, and bring national awareness to the Foundation.
ASCO's patient information website, Cancer.Net, is supported by the Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO. CancerLinQ is ASCO's data platform initiative. It was created to give oncologists a robust quality monitoring system that collects and analyzes data from all patient encounters to improve quality of care. ASCO published its Value Framework in 2015 and updated it in 2016. This provides physicians and patients with a tool to assess and compare the value of different drugs in an era of skyrocking anticancer drug costs.
See also
*
American Cancer Society
*
American Association for Cancer Research
References
External links
American Society of Clinical OncologyConquer Cancer FoundationCancerLinQâ„¢Cancer.NetASCO UniversityJournal of Clinical OncologyJournal of Oncology PracticeJournal of Global OncologyJCO Clinical Cancer InformaticsJCO Precision OncologyASCO Connection
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Cancer organizations based in the United States
Medical associations based in the United States
Organizations established in 1964
Medical and health organizations based in Virginia