Once again, Save Your Skin attended the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, which took place from June 1-5 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The meeting brought together physicians and oncologists, pharmaceuticals, and patient advocates from all cancer types. ASCO, as an organization and at the conference, creates a space for advocacy networking and education, including spaces for advocates to meet, presentations, and a panel track devoted to patient and survivor care. You can read more about ASCO’s interest in patient education here, and visit cancer.net for ASCO’s resources for patient education. These patient and survivor care panels, alongside the melanoma and developmental therapeutics offerings, kept us busy throughout the conference.
While we are working on a more extensive ASCO report, we’d like to share some of the highlights from our social media feed and from the ASCO daily news. Stay tuned for more updates, and more detailed descriptions of the panels we attended.
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Improved outcomes using Nivolumab as neoadjuvent therapy in patents with resectable Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) in presented by Dr. S. L. Topalian at #ASCO18 pic.twitter.com/P98IPz9F1a
— Save Your Skin Foundation (@saveyourskinfdn) June 4, 2018
Very promising Merkel cell carcinoma trial results by Dr. Paul Nghiem! #ASCO18 pic.twitter.com/FDpGOiGRZh
— Save Your Skin Foundation (@saveyourskinfdn) June 4, 2018
Improvements in long-term survival rates in metastatic melanoma from pre-2011 to now. #ASCO18 pic.twitter.com/8HPhK9pSsH
— Save Your Skin Foundation (@saveyourskinfdn) June 4, 2018
"Distress Screening isn't just about distress. This is about empowerment…engagement…courage." Dr. Matthew Loscalzo #ASCO18 pic.twitter.com/iyVvsCap4c
— Tambre Leighn, MA, PCC she/her (@tambreleighn) June 4, 2018
Cancer survivors may not be visiting their cancer centres regularly, or at all.
They are at risk for long-term and late effects. #ASCO18 pic.twitter.com/uL2PB8aASW— Save Your Skin Foundation (@saveyourskinfdn) June 4, 2018
More highlights to be posted over social media and report to come soon! Stay tuned!