What it was like inside the world's biggest cancer conference

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Lydia Ramsey

What's going on in the world of cancer treatment? This weekend, I set out to find out at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual conference in Chicago.

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Considered one of the most important weekends of the year in the cancer world, the conference draws more than 35,000 doctors, healthcare executives, salespeople, and other journalists.

From a group of rockstar researchers turned literal rockstars performing at the House of Blues to Vice President Joe Biden's speech calling on the cancer community for help in his moonshot, there was no shortage of big ideas.

Here's what it was like inside.