First person profile: Ronald P. DeMatteo, MD

This news section offers Cancer readers timely information on events, public policy analysis, topical issues, and personalities. This issue includes a profile of Dr Ronald P. DeMatteo, who is possibly best known for his work in GISTs, although his clinical practice extends to a wide range of abdominal cancers. Also, a new standard of care significantly improved progression‐free survival and overall survival for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer, and a healthy diet may reduce the risk of low‐grade prostate cancer progressing to a higher grade.