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Personalized Cancer Care To Be the Prime Theme in ASCO Meeting
"We have a theme at the meeting this year: personalizing cancer care, ranging from using molecular analysis to select the most appropriate treatment for patients through developing personalized survivalship care plans for cancer survivors," said Richard Schilsky, president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), which is holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida.
Worldwide, about 13 percent of deaths are caused by cancer. Results from dozens of clinical studies will be released at the gathering opening Friday and running through June 2. Some 30,000 people are expected to take part.
"I think it's clear to all of us who are treating cancer patients that oncology is no longer one-sided; it's all medicine," Schilsky said, noting that great strides had been made in selecting the best treatments for a given patient.
"We are increasingly able to tailor treatment to an individual," such as their particular tumor biology, "matching the right treatment to the right patient at the right time allowing patients to avoid unnecessary cost and side effects from therapy that won't help them," Schilsky stressed. "It's very clear to me that is the future of cancer medicine."
In total, 4,000 research works were accepted by ASCO on a broad range of topics in oncology, said Eric Winer, a Harvard University professor associated with the group.
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