Publications by authors named "Allyn Moushey"

ASCO is a global professional society representing more than 50,000 physicians, other health care professionals, and advocates in over 100 countries specializing in cancer treatment, diagnosis, prevention, and advocacy. ASCO strives, through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality of patient care, to create a world where cancer is prevented or cured, and every survivor is healthy. In this pursuit, health equity remains the guiding institutional principle that applies to all its activities across the cancer care continuum.

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ASCO's new policy statement on SDOH supports practices that sustain and advance cancer health equity.

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Combustible tobacco use has reached historic lows, demonstrating the importance of proven strategies to reduce smoking since publication of the 1964 Surgeon General's report. In contrast, the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), specifically e-cigarettes, has grown to alarming rates and threatens to hinder progress against tobacco use. A major concern is ENDS use by youth and adults who never previously used tobacco.

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Combustible tobacco use has reached historic lows, demonstrating the importance of proven strategies to reduce smoking since publication of the 1964 Surgeon General's report. In contrast, the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), specifically e-cigarettes, has grown to alarming rates and threatens to hinder progress against tobacco use. A major concern is ENDS use by youth and adults who never previously used tobacco.

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Article Synopsis
  • - ASCO evaluated changes in care delivery, research, and regulation due to the COVID-19 pandemic and provided recommendations for future improvements as the situation stabilizes.
  • - Their recommendations for clinical research target five goals to enhance accessibility, efficiency, and safety, including reducing administrative burdens and supporting a trained workforce.
  • - For cancer care delivery, ASCO emphasized five goals focused on ensuring equitable access, supporting patient care resources, and expanding telemedicine options to improve overall cancer care quality.
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ASCO strives, through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality of patient care, to create a world where cancer is prevented and every survivor is healthy. In this pursuit, cancer health equity remains the guiding institutional principle that applies to all its activities across the cancer care continuum. In 2009, ASCO committed to addressing differences in cancer outcomes in its original policy statement on cancer disparities.

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