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THE MAYS CANCER CENTER AT UT HE ALTH SAN ANTONIO IS HOSTING THE BEST OF A SCO TE X A S RE VIE W AT THE OMNI L A MANSION DEL RIO ON SAN ANTONIO'S FAMOUS RIVERWALK. THE AMERICAN SOCIET Y of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) brings people together from around the world who are involved in cancer treatment, research and teaching. As cancer's largest professional society, one of ASCO's crucial missions is hosting large national and regional meetings to present the latest discoveries, especially in the realm of treatments. One of the greatest barriers to eective dissemination of information is the large size of the audience and the sheer volume of details, including journal articles, studies, protocols, modalities and other aspects of cancer care that are presented each year. ASCO addresses this barrier in part by supporting smaller, local meetings by presenters who take the "best of ASCO" from the larger conferences and organize smaller conferences in their local areas. The Best of ASCO Texas Review is a one-day event will be a comprehensive summary of the most up-to-date research and clinical data presented at the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting. Topics to be presented include palliative and supportive care, neuro- oncology, breast cancer — metastatic/breast oncology-adjuvant, hematologic malignancies, lung cancer/thoracic, colorectal cancer, new therapeutics, gynecology oncology, gastrointestinal cancers — CR, head and neck, and GU oncology. The conference is recommended for hematologists/oncologists, nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants and other healthcare professionals specializing in oncology, and oers up to nine hours of continuing medical education credit. Speakers will be physicians and researchers from Stanford, MD Anderson, Northwestern, Mayo Clinic and University of Washington, as well as San Antonio's Mays Cancer Center. PRESENTATIONS & SPEAKERS FOR THE BEST OF ASCO TEXAS, JUNE 23, 2018: Best of ASCO: Patient and Survivor Care Kavitha Ramchandran, MD Stanford University, Stanford, California Central Nervous System Update Andrew Brenner, MD, PhD Mays Cancer Center, San Antonio, Texas Updates in the Management of Metastatic Breast Cancer Debasish Tripathy, MD MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Hematologic Malignancies Robyn Scherber, MD Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona ASCO 2018 Lung Cancer Update Melissa Johnson, MD Sarah Cannon Research Institute Tennessee Oncology, Nashville, Tennessee ASCO 2018 Updates in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer Mary Mulcahy, MD Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Updates From Early Therapeutics John Sarantopoulos, MD Mays Cancer Center, San Antonio, Texas Best of ASCO 2018 Gynecologic Oncology Georgia A. McCann, MD Mays Cancer Center, San Antonio, Texas Updates in Noncolorectal Gastrointestinal Malignancies Laura Tenner, MD Mays Cancer Center, San Antonio, Texas Highlights for Head and Neck Cancers Sherri Rauenzahn Cervantez, MD Mays Cancer Center, San Antonio, Texas Recent Updates in the Management of Genitourinary Cancers Petros Grivas, MD, PhD University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Adjuvant Breast Cancer Virginia Kaklamani, MD Mays Cancer Center, San Antonio, Texas The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maxi- mum of 9.0 AMA PR A Category 1 Credits. To register for the event or learn more, visit the mayscancercenter.org, where you will find a link to this meeting on the lower portion of the home page. ■ 1 8❱❱❱❱❱ A R O U N D T O W N ONCOLOGISTS: Don't miss the Best of ASCO Texas Review 2018, on the RiverWalk, June 23