Congratulations to this year’s class of Conquer Cancer grant and award recipients! Are you one of them? Tell us in the comments! We can't wait to celebrate with you at #ASCO25. Full list of recipients: brnw.ch/21wSR0A ASCO

New data reinforces it: 📉 MA plans delay cancer care. In MSI-H mCRC MA patients were 42% less likely to get pembro within 90 days vs TM (OR  0.58 p<0.5) Flatiron Health Delays hit lower-SES patients hardest! Charles Jiang MD, MPH Tim Brown, MD MSCE Syed Kazmi, M.D. ASCO Amna Anees MD FACP

85% patients faced financial toxicity. 1 in 4 experienced catastrophic health expenditure. Low income = higher risk of FT. #ASCO24 #GlobalOncology #FinancialToxicity UW-Madison Department of Surgery Global Oncology | UWCCC Aga Khan University Dr Rizwan Khan AKU Surgery Adil Haider Syed Nabeel Zafar

Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation I have never been at an event where the donors &board directors are asking you to keep going with a personal mission to heal !So grateful for you & mentors who continue to fill my cup! ASCO Fogarty at NIH Society of Surgical Oncology Peter Kingham ARGO Research Assoc4AcademicSurgery

Strong Aga Khan University representation ASCO 25! Syed Kazmi, M.D. Shaalan Beg MD MBA FASCO Maliha Nusrat Nausheen Ahmed MD Pashtoon Kasi MD, MS Sehar Salim Virani Shameel Shafqat MD and others!

Glad to see this important work out in Communications Medicine Nature Portfolio We provide a comprehensive overview of the cancer research funding landscape in Africa with critical calls to action, especially as global funding priorities change. rdcu.be/evjXf Syed Nabeel Zafar

You can also read our blog post on the paper here go.nature.com/4029Ar4 Big thanks to coauthors Elise M. Garton Olaoluwa Ezekiel Dada Sehar Salim Virani, Dr Shour, Dr Onitilo…and to the reviewers!

Save the date! The Carbone Global Oncology Symposium, in collaboration with the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium, will be held Dec 10 at the Health Sciences Learning Center at UW. Abstract deadline: Sept 22 Details & registration can be found here: cancer.wisc.edu/research/resou…

Abstract submission deadline extended: September 29th, 11:59 pm CT Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium Syed Nabeel Zafar Submit here: cancer.wisc.edu/research/resou…

🌍“No one should have to choose between life-saving cancer treatment and feeding their family.” Juliet S Lumati (Okoroh) MD MPH FACS FSSO leads a groundbreaking trial in Nigeria to reduce financial hardship in cancer care Read More: globalhealth.northwestern.edu/about/news/081… #GlobalHealth #CancerCare #NorthwesternMedicine

Thank you Association of American Cancer Institutes for the opp to address why reduction of the global cancer burden must be part of the collective mission of U.S. Cancer Centers. Visionary leadership is critical in these most challenging times and will empower us to press forward.

The Journal of Global Surgery (ONE) Volume 1 (Issue 1 and Issue 2) now has its first ever print edition! Community-funded, peer-review publishing at its best.

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams joins hosts Coral Omene, MD, PhD (Rutgers Cancer Institute) and Ryan Nguyen (University of Illinois Cancer Center) on the Big Ten CRC Health Equity Podcast. Hear his insights on advancing health equity across the nation. 🎧 Listen now: bigtencrc.org/clinical-resea…

Congratulations to Dr. Courtney Balentine, associate professor in the Division of Endocrine Surgery, for being named the Executive Director of WiSOR and the Director of Data Science. #ExceptionalPeople #ExtraordinaryResults go.wisc.edu/77char

Cancer is a growing problem for low- and middle-income countries. Drs. Syed Nabeel Zafar and Muhammad Murtaza are using their cancer research to make an impact abroad. UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center #ExceptionalPeople go.wisc.edu/5vx6yl