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American Society of Clinical Oncology

American Society of Clinical Oncology is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand American Society of Clinical Oncology rather than just read about it. In short: The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is a professional organization representing physicians of all oncology sub-specialties who care for people with cancer. Founded in 1964 by Fred Ansfield, Harry Bisel, Herman Freckman, Arnoldus Goudsmit, Robert Talley, William Wilson, and Jane C.

Key takeaways

American Society of Clinical Oncology belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
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Reference excerpt

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is a professional organization representing physicians of all oncology sub-specialties who care for people with cancer. 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 physicians and other health care professionals of clinical oncology. 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 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 $215 million in funding through nearly 10,500 grants and awards to researchers in 102 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. The ASCO post also reviews books and journals written by notable authors in medicine and other domains. ASCO reviewed the Second Edition of Advanced Healthcare Through Personalized Medicine in 2022 authored by Priya Hays, which was described as the “depth of technical information and wellspring of novel advances carefully woven into a personalized medicine matrix are admirable” and “a top-notch operation from cover to cover”. ASCO's patient information website, Cancer.NET, is supported by the Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO. Cancer LINQ 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 American Radium Society

References

External links American Society of Clinical Oncology Conquer Cancer Foundation CancerLinQ™ Cancer.Net ASCO University Journal of Clinical Oncology Journal of Oncology Practice Journal of Global Oncology JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics Archived 2017-01-29 at the Wayback Machine JCO Precision Oncology Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine ASCO Connection Elsa Gonzalez Carla Romero Magali Enrich PUKI TITA MERY

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with American Society of Clinical Oncology

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what American Society of Clinical Oncology claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to American Society of Clinical Oncology before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about American Society of Clinical Oncology ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of American Society of Clinical Oncology

In research: American Society of Clinical Oncology appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses American Society of Clinical Oncology in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: American Society of Clinical Oncology is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Cancer organizations based in the United States, Medical and health organizations based in Virginia, Medical associations based in the United States, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for American Society of Clinical Oncology outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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