Business and Science: Lessons From the 2011 Cancer Center Business Summit

Copyright © 2012 by American Society of Clinical Oncology

Business and Science: Lessons From the 2011 Cancer Center Business Summit

1. John V. Cox, DO, MBA, FACP⇓ and
2. Elaine L. Towle

1. Corresponding author: John V. Cox, DO, MBA, FACP, Texas Oncology PA, Texas Oncology Methodist, 3555 West Wheatland Rd, Dallas, TX 75237-3461; e-mail: john.cox@usoncology.com.

This issue of Journal of Oncology Practice presents a special series, including abstracts and two primary articles, derived from the fifth annual Cancer Center Business Summit convened in Chicago in October 2011.¹ The theme of the meeting was achieving accountable cancer care. The meeting is co-operatively hosted by three organizations: the health care section of the law firm Foley & Lardner, LLP; Altos Solutions, through their Oncology Metrics division; and the Cancer Center Business Development Group. Over the past 2 years, ASCO has been an active participant in the planning group for the meeting.

What is striking about the …