ASCO members urged to help support cancer care in Ukraine, host countries

As important as the care of Ukrainian citizens with cancer is to clinicians in that country, this priority has been overshadowed by more immediate concerns.
“At this time, the Russian occupants have destroyed more than 117 hospitals, 43 ambulances were fired up, and six doctors were killed,” Andriy Hrynkiv, MD, surgical oncologist in Ukraine and member of ASCO Central & Eastern European Regional Council, said during an ASCO and European Cancer Organization (ECO) briefing on cancer care during the war in Ukraine. “On March 16, we received information that a Ukrainian

As important as the care of Ukrainian citizens with cancer is to clinicians in that country, this priority has been overshadowed by more immediate concerns.
“At this time, the Russian occupants have destroyed more than 117 hospitals, 43 ambulances were fired up, and six doctors were killed,” Andriy Hrynkiv, MD, surgical oncologist in Ukraine and member of ASCO Central & Eastern European Regional Council, said during an ASCO and European Cancer Organization (ECO) briefing on cancer care during the war in Ukraine. “On March 16, we received information that a Ukrainian