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.
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.
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[7] 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”.