Dr. Mehmet Sitki Copur on the Most Exciting Research Presented at ASCO 2019

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Conference|American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (ASCO)

Cancer Network spoke with Mehmet Sitki Copur, MD, FACP, medical oncologist at the Morrison Cancer Center, about the most exciting research presented at ASCO in 2019.

Cancer Network spoke with Mehmet Sitki Copur, MD, FACP, medical oncologist/hematologist at Mary Lanning Healthcare Center's Morrison Cancer Center, adjunct professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Editor-at-Large as well as a member of ONCOLOGY's Community Oncology Board, about the most exciting research presented at ASCO 2019.

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