After a long two years, I found it comforting, even nostalgic, to return to Chicago’s McCormick Place for the first in-person ASCO since 2019. ASCO is one of the most important conferences for presenting the latest, most practice-changing research in cancer care. And this year did not disappoint. The theme of this year’s program was Advancing Equitable Cance...
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting brings together some of the brightest minds in oncology to share critical knowledge and cutting edge scientific research. It’s an event that many of us in the cancer community look forward to each year, and with the return of an in-person...
The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 106,180 new cases of colon cancer and 44,850 new cases of rectal cancer diagnosed in the United States this year, making colorectal cancer the third most common cancer diagnosed among both men and women. Thanks to early detection and prevention efforts, including th...
Last week, I joined thousands of in-person and virtual attendees for the 43rd annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). From oncologists to chief medical officers to researchers to patient advocates, participants from more than 80 countries gathered to advance our clinical understanding of breast cancer, further our progress on future t...
This week marked the thirty-first observance of Mental Illness Awareness Week, which was established in 1990 by Congress to raise awareness and education around mental health conditions. It is important to acknowledge the strides that have been made over the past three decades to destigmatize mental illness and increase access to c...
We’re all patients at points in our lives. We might be looking for a different treatment option in our ongoing battle against cancer, trying to understand our risk of developing a rare heart condition, or waiting to learn whether we have a new infectious disease. At these...