Report Highlights Year's Top Cancer Research Findings

To learn more about the top scientific discoveries in cancer in 2009, be sure to read Clinical Cancer Advances 2009: Major Research Advances in Cancer Treatment, Prevention, and Screening. Published by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), this report is an annual review of research that will have the greatest impact on patient care.

In this year's report, ASCO outlines 51 of the most significant advances on the front lines of cancer research over the past year, including 15 major clinical advances in such key areas as personalized medicine and targeted therapies, new standards of care for specific diseases, cancer prevention and screening, and more.

• Download the full Clinical Cancer Advances 2009 report (44 pages; PDF)
  
  
• Listen to an audio podcast on the research highlights of ASCO's 2009 Clinical Cancer Advances report, with Executive Editor Nicholas Petrelli, MD.
  
  
• Read an article from Dr. Petrelli outlining the report’s research highlights.
  
  
• View a video where Dr. Petrelli discusses the importance on some of the issues covered in this year’s report, including personalized medicine, the need for increased funding for the National Institutes of Health, and clinical trials participation.
  
  
• Download the Cancer Education Slides: Clinical Cancer Advances 2009 deck, a prepared PowerPoint presentation based on the Clinical Cancer Advances report, and designed for oncologists, oncology nurses, and other health care team members for patient and community group lectures.

Recommended reading

Cancer Advances: News for Patients from the 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting

Cancer.Net Guides to Cancer

Clinical Cancer Advances 2008

Clinical Cancer Advances 2007

Clinical Cancer Advances 2006

Last Updated: November 09, 2009