The ASCO Post | JULY 25, 2013
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Editorial Board
Conor Lynch, Executive Editor Conor@harborsidepress.com
James O. Armitage, MD Editor-in-Chief
Bishoy Morris Faltas, MD Weill Cornell Medical College
George W. Sledge, MD Indiana University
Elizabeth Reed, MD Deputy Editor University of Nebraska Medical Center
John A. Fracchia, MD New York Urological Associates
Thomas J. Smith, MD Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Cara H. Glynn, Director of Editorial Cara@harborsidepress.com Andrew Nash, Associate Director of Editorial Andrew@harborsidepress.com Jo Cavallo, Senior Editor and Correspondent Jo@harborsidepress.com
Associate Editors
Alison Freifeld, MD University of Nebraska Medical Center
Joseph S. Bailes, MD Texas Oncology
Louis B. Harrison, MD Continuum Cancer Centers of New York
Jamie H. Von Roenn, MD Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University
Laurence H. Baker, DO University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jimmie C. Holland, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Lynn D. Wilson, MD Yale University School of Medicine
Michael Buckley, Art Director Michael@harborsidepress.com
Nora Janjan, MD, MPSA, MBA National Center for Policy Analysis
Stanley H. Winokur, MD Singer Island, Florida
Mario E. Lacouture, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
William C. Wood, MD Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
Terri Caivano, Kristina O’Toole, Layout Artists Terri@harborsidepress.com Kristina@harborsidepress.com
Richard R. Barakat, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Charles L. Bennett, MD, PhD, MPP University of South Carolina, Columbia Douglas W. Blayney, MD Stanford University Medical Center
Theodore S. Lawrence, MD, PhD University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Philip D. Bonomi, MD Rush University Medical Center
Stephen J. Lemon, MD, MPH Oncology Associates, PC, Omaha
Richard Boxer, MD University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Michael P. Link, MD Stanford University Medical Center
International Editors
Gail Van Koot, Editorial Coordinator Gail@harborsidepress.com
Clement Adebamowo, BM, ChB (Hons), ScD University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Wendy McGullam, Director of Production Wendy@harborsidepress.com
Eduardo Cazap, MD, PhD International Union Against Cancer (UICC) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Frank Buchner, Chief Technology Officer Frank@harborsidepress.com
Harold J. Burstein, MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
John L. Marshall, MD Ruesch Center for the Cure of GI Cancer at Georgetown University
Robert W. Carlson, MD National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Mary S. McCabe, RN, MA Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Barrie R. Cassileth, PhD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Mary Gospodarowicz, MD Princess Margaret Hospital Toronto, Ontario, Canada
William T. McGivney, PhD Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jay S. Cooper, MD Maimonides Medical Center
James L. Mulshine, MD Rush University Medical Center
Jacek Jassem, MD Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
John Cox, DO Texas Oncology
Derek Raghavan, MD, PhD Levine Cancer Institute Carolinas HealthCare System
E. David Crawford, MD University of Colorado Nancy E. Davidson, MD University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute George D. Demetri, MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Paul F. Engstrom, MD Fox Chase Cancer Center David S. Ettinger, MD Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
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