Contributors

Editorial Group
Bruce D. Cheson, MD, Editor
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Bernard A. Mason, MD, Associate Editor
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Authors
Frederick R. Appelbaum, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington
Ernest C. Borden, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Otis W. Brawley, MD
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Jan Buckner, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Edward P. Gelmann, MD
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Parkash Gill, MD
University of Southern California,
Norris Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California

Joanne Mortimer, MD
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California
David G. Pfister, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Howard I. Scher, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Joan Schiller, MD
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Lynn M. Schuchter, MD
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Associate Author
Richard J. Robbins, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Reviewers
Alaa H. Addasi, MD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
G. Thomas Budd, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, MD, FACP

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Paul B. Chapman, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Charles Loprinzi, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Gary I. Cohen, MD, FACP

Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Robert Maki, MD, PhD

Memorial Hospital
New York, New York

Dale H. Cowan, MD, JD

Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Independence, Ohio

Maurie Markman, MD
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

David Cunningham, MD, FRCP

Royal Marsden Hospital
Surrey, England

John Marshall, MD
Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Russell F. DeVore III, MD

East Tennessee Oncology/Hematology
Nashville, Tennessee
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Peter D. Eisenberg, MD
California Cancer Care
Greenbrae, California

Jewraj G. Maheshwari, MD
Owensboro Cancer Center
Owensboro, Kentucky

Paul F. Engstrom, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Edith A. Perez, MD
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida

Nancy R. Feldman, MD
Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles,
Medical Center
Sylmar, California

John E. Pippen, Jr., MD, FACP

Baylor Sammons Cancer Center
Dallas, Texas

Patrick J. Flynn, MD
Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Nicholas J. Robert, MD
Fairfax/Northern VA Hem/Onc
Fairfax, Virginia

Arlene A. Forastiere, MD
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland

Mace L. Rothenberg, MD
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Stephen J. Forman, MD
City of Hope
Duarte, California
William J. Gradishar, MD
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
Stuart A. Grossman, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Scott M. Schuetze, MD, PhD

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Jennifer E. Schwartz, MD
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana
Michael Schwartz, MD
Mt. Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miami Beach, Florida

William N. Hait, MD, PhD

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Visaharan Sivasubramaniam, MD
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Orion M. Howard, MD
Northwest Connecticut Hematology/Oncology
Associates
Torrington, Connecticut

Marvin J. Stone, MD
Baylor Sammons Cancer Center
Dallas, Texas

Karen L. Kelly, MD
University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Catherine E. Klein, MD
Denver Veterans Administration Hospital
Denver, Colorado

Christopher J. Sweeney, MBBS

Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana
Martin S. Tallman, MD
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Corey J. Langer, MD, FACP

Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

James Tate Thigpen, MD

University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Jackson, Mississippi

Stuart M. Lichtman, MD, FACP

North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York

Robert F. Todd, MD, PhD

University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Laurie J. Lyckholm, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

Alan P. Venook, MD
University of California, San Francisco, Cancer Center
San Francisco, California

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Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD

San Diego Hospice
San Diego, California

Editorial and Publisher Services

Lisa Guttman Greaves
Deputy Director, Publications

Jeffrey L. Wolf, MD
AltaBates Comprehensive Cancer Center
Berkeley, California

Lori Alexander, MTPW, ELS

Assistant Director, Publications

Consultants
Laura K. Ulepic
Program Management Consultant
Chicago, Illinois
Charles Rossi
American College of Physicians
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ASCO Staff
Content Development and Continuing Medical
Education
Amy Schermerhorn
Assistant Director, Career Development
Fran Stigliano
CME Programs Administrator
Mandy Davis-Aitken
Program Coordinator

Fiona Horgan
Editorial Assistant
Production
Victoria Vaughn
Production Director
Dana Monzi
Production Administrator
The American Society of Clinical Oncology acknowledges that
many other individuals contributed to the development and production of this publication. Without the dedicated efforts of
those named and unnamed, this publication would not have
been possible. Special appreciation goes to Charmaine
Cummings, RN, PhD, Director of the ASCO Education,
Science, and Career Development Department; Deb Whippen,
Senior Director of the ASCO Publications Department and
Executive Editor; and Sean McKinney, Director of SelfAssessment Programs at the American College of Physicians,
for their collective leadership in making this project a success.

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