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The thinking around which patients are eligible for liver transplants needs to evolve, the authors noted, as the criteria used to evaluate fitness for transplant were proposed nearly three decades ago. | Image credit: Peakstock - stock.adobe.com

New Developments Warrant Rethinking HCC Transplant Criteria

By Jared Kaltwasser

April 29th 2025

Downstaging and bridging strategies are changing how hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is treated.

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Fatigue, Depression Hit Harder on Women Cancer Survivors, Data Show

By Mary Caffrey

April 29th 2025

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Proving the Concept: A Sampler of Early-Stage Science at AACR 2025

By Mary Caffrey

April 28th 2025

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Zongertinib Shows Durable Responses With No Interstitial Lung Disease in HER2-Mutated Advanced NSCLC

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Brooke McCormick

April 28th 2025

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December 2nd 2015

Antidepressant Use Safe for Stress in Breast Cancer, Says Kaiser Study

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

An exhaustive study published by Kaiser Permanente in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has confirmed that antidepressants do not cause recurrence in breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen.

December 2nd 2015

Stress a Significant Determinant of Breast Cancer Outcomes

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

A study published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment cognitive-behavioral stress management introduced early in care management can improve breast cancer outcomes.

December 1st 2015

Consider Race Prior to Neoadjuvant Breast Cancer Chemotherapy, Oncologists Recommend

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

A new study suggests that a poor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy-frequently administered to black, Hispanic, and Asian women-could dictate survival rates in breast cancer.

November 30th 2015

Ted Okon Outlines the Importance of Payer-Provider Dialogues

The current dialogue occurring between payers and providers is critical in today's healthcare environment, and it's an interaction that certainly was not happening just 5 or 6 years ago, according to Ted Okon, executive director of the Community Oncology Alliance.

November 30th 2015

FDA's Decision on Elotuzumab Further Expands Options in Multiple Myeloma

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Following the approval of daratumumab earlier this month, multiple myeloma patients now have another opportunity to combat the disease: elotuzumab.

November 30th 2015

Pharmaceutical Advertising Increased Prescription Drug Utilization, Study Reports

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Relaxed direct-to-consumer advertising restrictions for drugs by the FDA in 1997 has precipitated an increase in prescription drug utilization, not just among Medicare enrollees, but also among non-elderly users.

November 27th 2015

Dr Kavita Patel Outlines How Oncology Is Ripe for Delivery Reform

Oncology, like primary care, is ripe for delivery reform, but it has remained stuck in a fee-for-service mindset, said Kavita Patel, MD, fellow in economic studies and managing director at Brookings Institution.

November 27th 2015

American College of Physicians Recommends More Use of Generic Medications

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

The American College of Physicians has published a paper in the Annals of Internal Medicine that advices clinicians to prescribe generic drugs whenever possible.

November 25th 2015

At Thanksgiving, Take Time to Collect Family Medical History

Mary K. Caffrey

Waiting until there's a cancer diagnosis or other crisis is not the time to be taking the family's medical history. Testing companies and genetic counselors encourage families to share information when they are all in one place.

November 24th 2015

Joy Larsen Haidle Discusses How Patients Should Use Genetic Tests

Patients considering using a genetic test should meet with a genetic counselor first to get a better understanding of the patient's goal for getting the test done and determine the likelihood that a test might be useful, explained Joy Larsen Haidle, MS, CGC, president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors.

November 24th 2015

Another First for Nivolumab: Approved as Frontline for BRaf Wild Type Melanoma

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

The approval follows 5 months after Bristol-Myers Squibb submitted phase 3 results of the Checkmate-066 trial for FDA review.

November 23rd 2015

Nivolumab Approved for Third Indication: Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Two months after being granted a Breakthrough Therapy designation by the FDA for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), nivolumab was today approved by regulators for treating mRCC patients who have failed a certain type of prior therapy.

November 23rd 2015

Decade-Long Screening Efforts Bear Fruit for CRC Screening in New York City

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

A state-led program, initiated in 2003, has nearly doubled screening colonoscopy rates in New York City and also eliminated racial and ethnic disparities in the process.

November 22nd 2015

Staying Focused on the Cancer Patient, Amid Rising Drug Costs and New Payment Models

Giving cancer patients what they want and need is the goal, but getting there isn't easy, according to healthcare experts who took part in Patient-Centered Oncology Care 2015, presented November 19-20, 2015, by The American Journal of Managed Care. Drug costs demand difficult conversations about value, and changes in the law require oncologists to learn whole new ways to be paid.

November 21st 2015

As Prospect of Risk for Doctors Looms, Cost Conversation Shifts in Cancer Care

Mary K. Caffrey

Three years after Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center refused to add Zaltrap to its formulary due to cost, value is part of the national conversation in cancer care. The new question is what will happen when physicians assume risk.

November 21st 2015

Dr Scott Gottlieb Worries About More FDA Regulation in Diagnostic Testing

If the FDA steps in to regulate laboratory-developed tests, it will slow down innovation, add costs to the development of the product, and likely decrease the number of tests that come out, but the public health benefits of increased oversight might be worth it, said Scott Gottlieb, MD, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

November 21st 2015

Dr Peter Bach Examines the Problems of the 340B Drug Pricing Program

While the 340B Drug Pricing Program was designed to help facilities that take care of impoverished patients with low-cost drugs, what the program has morphed into is almost the opposite of what it was intended to do, said Peter Bach, MD, MPP, director of Memorial Sloan Kettering's Center for Health Policy and Outcomes.

November 21st 2015

Are PBMs the Answer to Managing the High Cost in Oncology Care?

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

A pharmacist who engages in formulary decisions, a medical director for population management for a private health exchange, and an innovations leader at a pharmacy benefit manager, took to the podium at the Patient-Centered Oncology Care meeting on November 20, 2015, to discuss cost-saving strategies in oncology and whether benefit managers can play a role in reining-in some of these costs.

November 20th 2015

End-of-Life and Palliative Care to Be Discussed During AJMC's November 24 Tweetchat

During a tweetchat on November 24 at 3:30 pm EST, Amy Berman, RN, BS, and Judith R. Peres, LCSW-C, will discuss patient-centered care, palliative care, and end-of-life care.

November 20th 2015

Dr Bruce Quinn Describes How Europe and the US Regulate Diagnostic Tests Differently

While the FDA could regulate diagnostic tests the way they are in Europe-through simple verification that the test is accurate-the FDA has not chosen to do that and comes closer to requiring clinical utility, explained Bruce Quinn, MD, PhD, senior director at FaegreBD Consulting.

November 20th 2015

Dr Julie Vose Weighs in on Value Calculators, MACRA

Julie M. Vose, MD, MBA, FASCO, president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and keynote speaker at this year's Patient-Centered Oncology Care meeting, discusses addressing cost of care, using value calculators, and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.

November 20th 2015

What We're Reading: CMS Wants to Penalize Doctors for Prostate Tests

AJMC Staff

What we're reading, November 20, 2015: CMS wants to penalize doctors for ordering routine prostate-cancer screening tests; lawmakers, patients, and advocates call for head of Drug Enforcement Agency to be fired; and specialty drug costs exceed household incomes.

November 20th 2015

FDA Seems Poised to Regulate LDTs in Oncology, but Is That a Good Thing?

Mary K. Caffrey

A panel that discussed the prospect of FDA regulation of diagnostic tests in oncology helped open Patient-Centered Oncology Care November 19, 2015, in Baltimore, Maryland.

November 20th 2015

ASCO President Reviews Post-SGR Challenges for Oncologists

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

At the Patient-Centered Oncology Care 2015 meeting, held November 19-20, 2015, in Baltimore, Maryland, keynote speaker Julie M. Vose, MD, MBA, FASCO, president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology provided perspectives on the challenges faced by oncologists as the healthcare system transitions to define and incorporate value in the care delivered.

November 19th 2015

Addressing the Elephants in the Room: Healing Through Discussion

Samantha Eisenstein Watson, MBA

Collaboration between organizations serving the young adult cancer population benefits all involved

November 19th 2015

Absence of Prescription Coverage Could Prove Catastrophic in Cancer, Study Shows

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Eligibility for prescription coverage and family income significantly influenced women's decisions to continue hormonal therapy and prevent recurrence of breast cancer, the authors found.

November 18th 2015

ASCO Responds to CMS on Reimbursement Changes Under MACRA

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

The American Society of Clinical Oncology has made public its detailed guidance to CMS, supporting implementation of physician-focused and other alternative payment models under MACRA.

November 18th 2015

Joy Larsen Haidle on How the Genetic Testing Landscape Has Changed

After the Supreme Court struck down gene patents, not only is more genetic testing is being offered, but the technology of the test has expanded to the benefit of patients, said Joy Larsen Haidle, MS, CGC, president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors.

November 18th 2015

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

This is the company's third biosimilar Biologics License Application in the United States.

November 17th 2015

Tagrisso Approved, but Can Patients With EGFR-Mutant NSCLC Afford It?

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

The drug is estimated to cost close to $13,000 per month.

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