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 A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

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 (''ó ...

sub-specialties who care for people with

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 ...

. Founded in 1964 by Fred Ansfield,

Harry Bisel Harry F. Bisel, M.D. (1918–1994) was an American oncologist. With Fred Ansfield, Herman Freckman, Arnoldus Goudsmit, Robert Talley, William Wilson, and Jane Wright, was one of the founding members of the American Society of Clinical Oncology ...

, 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

physicians and other health care professionals of clinical

. 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'' (JCO), the ''

JCO Oncology Practice ''JCO Oncology Practice'' (known from 2005 to 2019 as the ''Journal of Oncology Practice'') is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering the mechanics of oncology care. It was established in 2005 and is published by the American Society o ...

'' (JCO OP), and the ''JCO Global Oncology'' (JCO GO), ''

JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics ''JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics'' is an online peer-reviewed medical journal of oncology and medical informatics published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. The journal was established in 2017 and the editor-in-chief is Jeremy L. Warner MD, ...

'', 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 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.

References

External links

American Society of Clinical OncologyConquer Cancer FoundationCancerLinQ™Cancer.NetASCO UniversityJournal of Clinical OncologyJournal of Oncology PracticeJournal of Global OncologyJCO Clinical Cancer InformaticsJCO Precision OncologyASCO Connection
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Physician education

Publications

Initiatives

See also

References

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