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ASCO to present award to palliative care specialist
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ASCO will present its inaugural Walther Cancer Foundation Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Endowed Award to Anthony L. Back, MD, a medical oncologist and palliative care specialist.
The award recognizes a distinguished lecturer and leader who has made significant and enduring contributions to palliative and supportive care in oncology through the assessment, management and prevention of cancer- and treatment-related suffering.
Back — professor of medicine at University of Washington and affiliate member at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center — will accept the award and present a keynote lecture at the Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium, which will be held in October in San Diego.
“This award celebrates the growing recognition and integration of palliative and supportive care in cancer care, and the critical role of communication between patients and families and their cancer clinicians," Back said in a press release. “"I am truly grateful to the Walther Cancer Foundation for recognizing the work that I and many other cancer clinicians and researchers do to bring together the new technologies in cancer treatment with person-centered, values-driven care to create the kind of care that patients and families want and deserve.”