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Top 5 Most-Read Oncology Content of 2024

December 25th 2024

This year’s most-read oncology content of 2024 includes topics on clinical trials, drug access, vaping and lung cancer, and more!

Most Popular Articles of 2024 in Evidence-Based Oncology

By Mary Caffrey

December 23rd 2024

ICYMI: Highlights From ASCO 2024

By Pearl Steinzor

December 21st 2024

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The High Cost of Shortages of Low-Cost Chemotherapy

By Interview by Mary Caffrey

December 19th 2024

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Real-World Treatment Sequences and Cost Analysis of cBTKis in CLL

By Pearl Steinzor

December 17th 2024

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December 15th 2015

PrecisionFDA Launched With Promise of Transparency and Quality Care

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

The FDA, today, launched precisionFDA, a cloud-based platform that members can utilize to access and share data sets, analysis pipelines, and bioinformatics tools.

December 15th 2015

ACCC ICLIO meeting

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

At the first annual conference of the Institute for Clinical Immuno-Oncology on October 1, 2015, in Philadelphia, the discussion revolved around integrating immuno-oncology into clinical practice and programs that assist with patient access to these treatments.

December 15th 2015

COA Payer Summit

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Providers and payers came together to discuss challenges and share success stories as they adapt to the changing healthcare realm.

December 14th 2015

Measuring Financial Toxicity in Cancer Patients

Pauline Lee, PharmD Jonas A. de Souza, MD

With the rising costs of cancer care, evidence-based tools can help physicians screen patients for financial toxicity.

December 14th 2015

Eliminating a Barrier to Cancer Care through Universal Fair Access to Oral Chemotherapy Medications

Christopher Hansen

The advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, is working across the country to pass and implement strong oral chemotherapy fairness laws to help ensure cancer patients have access to the recommended course of treatment without added out-of-pocket costs based on how their drug is administered.

December 14th 2015

The Financial Impact of Cancer Care: Implications and Potential Solutions

Veena Shankaran, MD, MS

Addressing the financial burden of cancer treatment requires efforts at the policy, payer, and clinic level, and implementation of these strategies, in clinical practice, requires commitment from various stakeholders.

December 14th 2015

Impact of Oral Parity: A Personal Story

Christopher Hansen

Oral chemotherapy ensured improved quality of life for a young, stage 3 pancreatic cancer patient.

December 14th 2015

Healthcare Transparency in Need of Academic Vigilance

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

A report by STAT has found that a majority of institutions conducting clinical trials fail to report their results to the website ClinicalTrials.gov.

December 14th 2015

What We Need to Know About Bladder Cancer and Its Treatment

AJMC Staff

There is, currently, an unmet need in bladder cancer, a disease expected to be responsible for 16,000 deaths in 2015.

December 14th 2015

What We're Reading: Public Health Initiatives Are Underfunded in the US

AJMC Staff

What we're reading, December 14, 2015: public health initiatives are underfunded despite being a big return on investment; the FDA repeatedly approved the cancer drug Afinitor without proof it extended life; and a nurse may have exposed patients in a maternity wing to tuberculosis.

December 13th 2015

Dr Stacey W. McCullough Discusses High-Cost Therapies and Me-Too Drugs

Stacey W. McCullough, PharmD, senior vice president of pharmacy at Tennessee Oncology, discussed strategies for managing high-cost treatments, the impact of me-too drugs, and how clinical pathways can help physicians make treatment decisions at the point of care.

December 12th 2015

This Week in Managed Care: December 12, 2015

This week in managed care, an analysis found the penalty for being uninsured will exceed the cost of insurance for most Americans in 2016, thousands met for the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology, and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield's OMNIA plan gets good news and bad news in New Jersey.

December 11th 2015

Alectinib for ALK-Positive NSCLC Approved

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Within 3 months of being granted priority review, alectinib (Alecensa) has been approved for patients with advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease has progressed or who cannot tolerate crizotinib

December 11th 2015

NCCS Responds to CMS, Demands Flexibility With Alternative Payment Models

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship has submitted comments to CMS, providing feedback on the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and Alternative Payment Models proposed by CMS as it transitions toward value-based reimbursement.

December 11th 2015

Dr Yousuf Zafar Explains Interventions to Combat Rising Drug Prices

When considering how to rectify the rising prices of drugs, there are a number of interventions at multiple levels that can work to decrease costs to patients and the price of the drug, explained Yousuf Zafar, MD, MHS, associate professor in the Division of Medical Oncology at Duke Cancer Institute.

December 11th 2015

Is There a Mathematical Resolution to the Cost-Versus-Value Debate?

Bruce Feinberg, DO Lincy S. Lal, PharmD, PhD J. Michael Swint, PhD

Solutions proposed by patient advocates and physicians to control costs provide approaches to valuing new drug/treatments compared with 1 or several prevailing standards of care. Increasingly, however, the debate over cost is transitioning to a debate over value.

December 11th 2015

Managing Costs and Enhancing the Value of Oncology Care

Surya Singh, MD Christine Sawicki, RPh, MBA Ken Vander Pyl Alan Lotvin, MD

Management of high and rising costs in oncology requires a multifaceted approach using both innovative strategies and pragmatic tools. In this article, we discuss several factors that influence the costs of oncology care.

December 11th 2015

Maximizing Value of Freestanding and Outpatient Hospital Setting in Cancer Care Delivery

Constantine Mantz, MD

A unique collaboration between 21st Century Oncology and Lee Memorial Hospital showed marked improvements in efficiencies, care, and patient experience.

December 10th 2015

Health IT-Assisted Population-Based Preventive Cancer Screening: A Cost Analysis

Douglas E. Levy, PhD Vidit N. Munshi, MA Jeffrey M. Ashburner, PhD, MPH Adrian H. Zai, MD, PhD, MPH Richard W. Grant, MD, MPH Steven J. Atlas, MD, MPH

An automated cancer screening outreach tool implemented in a mature health information technology environment can achieve cost savings through reduced clinician time devoted to screening efforts.

December 10th 2015

What We're Reading: 1 Million New Sign-Ups for ACA Insurance

AJMC Staff

What we're reading, December 10, 2015: the Affordable Care Act has signed up 1 million new enrollees; Medicare patients spend more on oral cancer drugs than food each year; and the CDC found life expectancy remains at 79 years for the third year in a row.

December 10th 2015

Partial Mastectomy Findings at Yale Could Add Value for Patient and Payer

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Research conducted at the Yale Cancer Center has found that a procedure known as cavity shave margins could avoid unnecessary follow-up surgeries and save time and costs.

December 10th 2015

"Financial Toxicity": A New Term, but Not a New Reality for Many Cancer Patients

A cancer survivor shares her experience and frustrations with cancer care costs and looks to changes within the healthcare system to improve the value of care in the future.

December 9th 2015

Insurance Status Can Compromise Outcomes in CML

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Research presented during a health outcomes session at the recently concluded annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology evaluated the influence of patients’ insurance status on clinical outcomes of CML.

December 9th 2015

Cooling Cap Approved for Chemotherapy-Related Alopecia

AJMC Staff

The DigniCap Cooling System reduces the frequency and severity of alopecia during chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.

December 9th 2015

ACS/ASCO Offer Guidelines for Primary Care Clinicians Caring for Survivors of Breast Cancer

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

The workgroup that generated the guideline included experts in primary care, gynecology, surgical oncology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, and nursing, along with a cancer survivor who provided a patient perspective.

December 8th 2015

Abundant Optimism at the ASH/FDA Joint Symposium on New Drug Approvals in Multiple Myeloma

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Primary clinical reviewers from the FDA and 2 clinician experts provided their unique perspectives on the safety, efficacy, and potential for clinical integration of 3 recently approved agents for multiple myeloma: daratumumab (Darzalex), ixazomib (Ninlaro), and elotuzumab (Empliciti).

December 8th 2015

Dr Robert Green Explains Challenges, Promise of Big Data in Oncology

The challenge with data in oncology is making sense of it and connecting it in a way that clinicians can make insights that inform the care they provide patients in real time, said Robert J. Green, MD, vice president of clinical strategy and senior medical director at Flatiron Health.

December 8th 2015

Novel Combinations in Multiple Myeloma and Lymphoma

Michael R. Page, PharmD, RPh Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Results from a subgroup analysis of the phase 3 ENDEAVOR study and a phase 2 study in diffuse large B cell lymphoma patients were presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology.

December 8th 2015

ASH Leverages Recommendations From Other Medical Organizations, Advising Hematologists to Choose Wisely

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Members from the American Society of Hematology (ASH)'s Choosing Wisely Task Force presented 5 recommendations on Monday, December 7, 2015, at the 57th annual meeting of ASH, in Orlando, Florida.

December 7th 2015

Do Hematologists Believe APMs Afford Fair Value? An Open Discussion at ASH

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

On the second day of the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology, physicians got together to discuss the real-world needs of alternate payment models in hematology.

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