ASCO joins cancer care support effort for Ukrainian patients

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mar 6, 2022
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The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Cancer Society (ACS), and the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center-Jefferson Health are joining forces to support Ukrainian cancer patients as their country is under Russian attack.

ACS and ASCO are making free cancer resources available in English, Ukrainian, Polish, and Russian through their patient information websites cancer.org/ukrainesupport and cancer.net/ukraine, they said.

Additionally, ACS, ASCO, and Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center-Jefferson Health are mobilizing a network of oncologists and oncology nurses to field inquiries from patients, family members, and clinicians in Eastern Europe through the American Cancer Society National Cancer Information Center (NCIC).

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