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American Cancer Society Experts Presenting Key Research at 2024 ASCO Quality Care Symposium
Sep 23, 2024

September 23, 2024 - Scientists from the American Cancer Society (ACS) are presenting research studies at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium (QCS) September 27-28 in San Francisco, CA. ASCO QCS offers research and education that encompasses the needs and viewpoints of multiple disciplines and various practice settings, attracting oncology professionals from around the world. This year’s program will feature studies complementing the meeting’s theme: “Driving Solutions, Implementing Change.”

Below are titles for top ACS oral presentations and posters. These abstracts are under embargo until September 23, 2023, at 5:00 p.m., ET.

Oral Presentations:

Associations of Medicaid expansion with stage at diagnosis, timely initiation and receipt of guideline-concordant treatment, and survival among individuals newly diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer
Rapid Oral Abstract Session C
Saturday, September 28, 2024, 9:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m., PDT

ASCO QCS Abstract #47
Lead author: Dr. Jingxuan Zhao
Presenter: Dr. Xuesong Han

Associations of individual and partner incarceration history and receipt of cancer screening in the U.S.
Rapid Oral Abstract Session C
Saturday, September 28, 2024, 9:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m., PDT
ASCO QCS Abstract #50
(MERIT AWARD)
Presenter: Dr. Jingxuan Zhao

Poster Presentations:

Healthcare spending and out-of-pocket burden for working-aged adults after a cancer diagnosis
Poster Session A
Friday, September 27, 2024, 11:30 a.m., PDT

ASCO QCS Abstract #16
Poster Bd #A10
Presenter: Dr. Jingxuan Zhao

Wildfire exposures and in-hospital length of stay following lung cancer surgery
Poster Session A
Friday, September 27, 2024, 11:30 a.m., PDT

ASCO QCS Abstract #311
Poster Bd #F25
Presenter: Dr. Leticia Nogueira

Is federal housing assistance associated with earlier-stage cancer diagnosis? Evidence from the new SEER-Medicare and US Department of Housing and Urban Development data linkage
Poster Session B
Saturday, September 28, 2024, 7:00 a.m., PDT

ASCO QCS Abstract #85
Poster Bd #B9
Presenter: Dr. Robin Yabroff

Association of area-level broadband and non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis and guideline-concordant care in the US
Poster Session B 
Saturday, September 28, 2024, 7:00 a.m., PDT

ASCO QCS Abstract #96
Poster Bd #B20
Presenter: Dr. Qinjin Fan

Hurricane disasters and radiation treatment delays among patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer
Poster Session B
Saturday, September 28, 2024, 7:00 a.m., PDT

ASCO QCS Abstract #98
Poster Bd #B22

Lead author: Rand Sakka
Presenter: Dr. Leticia Nogueira

Changes in cancer diagnoses and stage distribution during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.
Poster Session B
Saturday, September 28, 2024, 7:00 a.m., PDT

ASCO QCS Abstract #130
Poster Bd #D3
Presenter: Nova Yang

The association of disability and medical financial hardship among cancer survivors in the U.S.
Poster Session B
Saturday, September 28, 2024, 7:00 a.m., PDT

ASCO QCS Abstract: 136
Poster Bd #D9
Presenter: Dr. Margaret Katana Ogongo

Association of county-level medical debt and survival among individuals newly diagnosed with cancer in the United States
Poster Session B
Saturday, September 28, 2024, 7:00 a.m., PDT

ASCO QCS Abstract #156
Poster Bd #E4
Presenter: Dr. Xuesong Han

Spillover effects of Medicaid expansion on insurance coverage among low-income older individuals newly diagnosed with cancer
Poster Session B
Saturday, September 28, 2024, 7:00 a.m., PDT

ASCO QCS Abstract #168
Poster Bd #E16
Presenter: Kewei Sylvia Shi

Income, wealth, and debt among families with a history of cancer
Poster Session B
Saturday, September 28, 2024, 7:00 a.m., PDT

ASCO QCS Abstract #350
Poster Bd #H6
Lead author: Dr. Shu Liu
Presenter: Dr. Zhiyuan Zheng

For more information and to set up interviews, contact anne.doerr@cancer.org.

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