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2025 ASCO Annual Meeting: Palliative Care Researchers Share Highlights

Christopher Dee, MD, and Shriya Garg, a rising junior at the University of Georgia who is studying genetics and economics, joined Cancer Nursing Today to discuss what they’re looking forward to at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. Garg, the first author of a palliative care study being presented at this year’s meeting in conjunction with Dr. Dee, explained that the study will provide information on palliative treatment in disaggregated Hispanic populations, specifically among patients with breast, lung, and prostate cancers. “I'm very excited to have the opportunity to present work at ASCO and see where it goes,” she said. She explained that although she won’t be able to attend the annual meeting in-person, she looks forward to attending in-person in the future to meet and learn from experts across the clinical oncology landscape. “Especially as an undergraduate student, I think it's really important that I'm learning from the experts themselves on these issues and understanding how to ask good questions, how to go about research and make sure that I'm doing the best thing that I can to learn from other people,” Garg said. Dr. Dee, a fourth-year resident in radiation oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and leader of a global disparities and cancer disparities research group, explained why he’s looking forward to attending the meeting and sharing his palliative care research. “ASCO is a great experience because it brings together so many minds from all over the world, and I think what's unique about this is how interdisciplinary the voices are,” he said. “You get people who are medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons, nursing colleagues, physicists, palliative care, patient advocates, pharma, everybody is coming together to find ways that we can improve care for patients.” This meeting of minds is a critical time to share insights and raise awareness of issues that are affecting patients and clinicians across the cancer care continuum, Dr. Dee said. “Over the past couple years, there's been a resurgence in the focus on the social determinants of health,” he said. “We approach these questions from both qualitative and quantitative modes of inquiry, and having all these voices come together in one place at ASCO, it's a great place to learn, to find collaborations, and ultimately to find ways that we can help patients better. I want to thank ASCO for doing a great job highlighting perspectives and voices that are offering insight into disparities and access to cancer care both in the US and globally.”