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Showing 1 - 5Discovery Is an Act of Hope: Remembering Dr. Maura Gillison’s Pursuit of Truth
Maura Gillison did not chase awards. She chased answers, and especially clinically impactful answers. That distinction between the pursuit of recognition and the pursuit of truth defined everything about her as a scientist, a clinician, and a person. She was direct with compassion, generous to the ...
ASCO Remembers Karnofsky Award Recipient Maura L. Gillison, MD, PhD, Pioneer in HPV-Associated Cancers
Reprinted with permission from ASCO Connection, June 26, 2026. ASCO joins the oncology community in mourning the loss of Maura L. Gillison, MD, PhD. As a medical oncologist specializing in thoracic/head and neck cancers, and as a molecular epidemiologist, Dr. Gillison definitively characterized the ...
Head and Neck Cancer 2021–2022 Almanac
Head and neck cancer is the seventh most common cancer in the world, with 1.1 million new diagnoses reported annually.1 In the United States, the incidence of oral and pharyngeal cancers is over 54,000 cases per year, resulting in over 11,000 yearly deaths.2 Although smoking and alcohol consumption ...
Leaders in Radiation Oncology Awarded ASTRO Fellow Designation
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has selected 19 distinguished members to receive the ASTRO Fellow (FASTRO) designation. The 2020 class of Fellows will be recognized at a virtual awards ceremony on October 27 during ASTRO’s 62nd Annual Meeting. The ASTRO Fellows program...
Lower-Dose Radiation in HPV-Positive Head and Neck Cancers After Induction Chemotherapy
The results of a phase II clinical trial suggest that patients with head and neck cancers associated with the human papillomavirus (HPV) may receive significantly lower doses of radiation safely and effectively after response to induction chemotherapy.1 These findings from the OPTIMA study,...
