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Clinical Practice Guidelines - ASCO Guideline Update on Chemotherapy for Stage IV NSCLC: The present edition of ASCO's Guideline Update includes a new section on biomarkers, a focus on age and performance status, and recommendations regarding several new agents approved by the FDA since 2003.

International Insight - Best of ASCO® Lebanon 2009: The Lebanese Society of Medical Oncology (LSMO) organized its fourth annual Best of ASCO meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, where regional oncology professionals accessed practice-changing science presented at the 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

NCI Program Highlights - Putting Minds and Words Together: The NCI, C-Change Cooperative Effort in Communication: C-Change, including NCI, ASCO, and other national cancer leaders, has worked to unite the entire cancer community around a core set of consumer-tested messages related to reducing people’s risk for cancer.

Scientific Highlights from Other Meetings: Joint ECCO 15-34th ESMO Multidisciplinary Congress; ACRIN 2009 Annual Meeting: Chris Twelves, MD, PhD, and Fortunato Ciardiello, MD, PhD, recap the Joint ECCO 15-34th ESMO meeting, "A Unified Approach Marking a Meeting of "Firsts"; Mitchell D. Schnall, MD, PhD, recaps the ACRIN 2009 Annual Meeting: Ten Years of Advancing Imaging Research

Spotlight on State Affiliates: Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society: President Steven M. Grunberg, MD, and Executive Director Lori Aubrey speak on behalf of NNECOS about the society’s accomplishments and future challenges.