The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) website has a tremendous resource for consumers and patients in their Research Summaries. Users can look up information on many different types of cancer using the drop-down list and year of the ASCO Annual Meeting (dating back to 2002) in which the information appears.

There are not only cancer-specific options on the list, but genetics, prevention, screening, and survivorship are topics also covered. Patients can find cutting-edge research on their specific cancer. Each research article contains two important sections called What this Means for Patients and Questions to Ask your Doctor. There is also the option to print the information found so patients can then present their findings to their practitioners, or share with support groups, family, friends, etc.

For those consumers looking for a digest of all patient education information resulting from the ASCO Annual Meetings, there is a newsletter which aggregates all of the proceedings’ information for patients. Users can print and subscribe to this newsletter if they like.