I am accompanying my partner (who is an Oncologist and a speaker at this event) to this year’s ASCO meeting. I am overwhelmed and grateful - there are 30,000 Oncologists here who are bringing results of hundreds of trials for discussion with their peers. Almost every speaker thanks the patients for their part in pushing forward knowledge and treatments. The sheer volume of energy, passion and brain power is one of the most magnificant things I have seen.