American Society of Clinical Oncology--34th Annual Meeting. Treatments for prostate cancer and new molecular targets. 16-19 May 1998, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is the world's largest professional society representing physicians and researchers in the field of cancer treatment. Almost 19,000 clinicians, researchers and specialists from academia and industry attended this 34th Annual Meeting. The four-day meeting consisted of lecture sessions, education sessions, "meet the professor" sessions, tumor panel sessions, plenary sessions, oral sessions, scientific and integrated symposia and poster presentations. A wide range of topics of interest to the oncologist were discussed, broadly covering the biology, prevention, diagnosis, staging, management and treatment of cancer, as well as psychosocial and economic implications.