Update (1/17)

Last week, PBS NewsHour aired a series on the 40th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act.  The first segment prominently features ASCO President Michael P. Link, MD, telling the story of progress in pediatric cancer.  PBS has invited childhood cancer survivors to share their story and photos. The second segment reports on the past, present and future of cancer treatment. An interactive history of cancer research advances can be found on ASCO's CancerProgress.Net.  Further information about pediatric cancer is available at Cancer.Net.

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PBS NewsHour will be airing a series on the 40th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act beginning tonight. The first segment will air this evening at 6:25 p.m. EST or 25 minutes past the hour that the program runs in your market. It prominently features ASCO President Michael P. Link, MD, telling the story of progress in pediatric oncology.

The second part of the series focuses on the future of cancer care and is tentatively scheduled to air tomorrow night.

PBS has invited childhood cancer survivors to share their story and photos.

For an interactive history of cancer research advances, please visit CancerProgress.Net. For information on progress just in the past year, read ASCO’s annual Clinical Cancer Advances report.

Learn about cancer in children from ASCO’s patient information website, Cancer.Net.