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December 23rd 2024

Prior authorization, PBM reform, and payment for patient navigation were topics of the most popular articles in EBO in 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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Cosibelimab Approved for Metastatic or Locally Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

By Kristi Rosa

December 16th 2024

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January 23rd 2015

Segment 1 - The Value of Innovation in Oncology Care

January 23rd 2015

Making the Grade on Survivorship: How are Payers Performing?

As cancer care becomes more powerful and people survivor longer, cancer is becoming a chronic disease that patients need to learn how to live with and remain productive. Although the role of payers in survivorship isn't fully baked yet, there is more focus in the area, according to Ira Klein, MD, MBA, FACP, chief medical officer at Aetna.

January 23rd 2015

When Is the Right Time for Palliative Care?

The Patient-Centered Oncology Care 2014 meeting started off with a talk by Marian Grant, DNP, RN, CRNP, of the University of Maryland School of Nursing, on the topic of palliative care. Although palliative care is appropriate for patients of all ages and in any stage of a serious illness and can be provided alongside curative or disease-modifying treatments, she says she often gets called in very late to offer palliative care to patients.

January 23rd 2015

Early Detection, Cutting Edge Treatments for Breast Cancer Patients

In 2 interviews with Physicians' Education Resource, LLC, award-winning journalist Joan Lunden and Patrick I. Borgen, MD, of Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, discuss breast cancer in advance of the 32nd Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference.

January 23rd 2015

Vitiligo Could Be a Marker of Efficacy for Melanoma Drugs, Study Indicates

The retrospective analysis conducted in stage 3 and 4 immunotherapy-treated melanoma patients found that the development of vitiligo could serve as a clinical marker for effective antimelanoma immunity and improved clinical outcome.

January 23rd 2015

After Hep C, Express Scripts Aims to Influence Oncology Drug Costs

CMO Steven Miller has already started working with oncologists as the company plans the process of steering physicians to use preferred drugs.

January 22nd 2015

Telehealth Intervention Improved QoL Among Head and Neck Cancer Patients

A telehealth intervention experiment in head and neck cancer patients was found to relive some posttreatment distress symptoms.

January 22nd 2015

The Value of Ultrasound in Breast Cancer Detection

A study conducted in Connecticut showed that ultrasound identified an additional 3.2 women in a 1000 with breast cancer, following a negative mammogram. This has raised a debate on the utility of a screening ultrasound.

January 22nd 2015

Progesterone-Based Contraceptives May Increase the Risk of Gliomas: Danish Study

The study found an increased risk of cancer, contradicting some earlier evidence that suggests the opposite.

January 21st 2015

State of the Union Calls for More Investments in Personalized Medicine

Laura Joszt, MA

In Tuesday night's State of the Union address, President Barack Obama did not spend a lot of time discussing healthcare, but he did highlight medical research and a growing field of medicine by announcing his new Precision Medicine Initiative.

January 21st 2015

ASCO Announces Partner for Groundbreaking CancerLinQ Platform

Mary K. Caffrey

A major technical partner is announced for the long-awaited HIT initiative that will give oncologists a data-derived "second opinion" right from their desktops, with the earliest versions scheduled to come online this year.

January 21st 2015

Patient Navigation Programs a Tremendous Boost for Patient-Centered Care in Oncology

Karyl Blaseg, RN, MS, OCN, writes about the important role of patient navigators in preventing healthcare disparities and promoting patient-centered care among cancer patients.

January 21st 2015

Rigid Cancer Cells Prevent Metastasis, Study Finds

Existing cancer therapies are geared toward massacring tumor cells, but researchers propose a different strategy: subtly hardening cancer cells to prevent them from invading new areas of the body. They devised a way of screening compounds for the desired effect and have identified a compound that shows promise in fighting pancreatic cancer.

January 20th 2015

Amy Berman, RN, Discusses the Importance of Patient-Centered Care in Oncology

For people who have cancer, patient-centered care is particularly important because their life is changing, said Amy Berman, RN, BS, senior program officer at the John A. Hartford Foundation, who also has stage 4 breast cancer.

January 20th 2015

ASCO Declares CLL Regimens Cancer

In it's report, "Clinical Cancer Advances 2015: ASCO's Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer," published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, 4 newly approved treatments for CLL were predicted to have a dramatic impact on patients with the disease.

January 20th 2015

Potential New Cancer Biomarkers Discovered

The study conducted at the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology studied IncRNAs and their role in cancer.

January 20th 2015

Bigger Regulatory Challenges in Diagnostics Than in Therapeutics, Industry Expert Says

Mary K. Caffrey

January 20th 2015

Best of ASH Presentations: Platelets, Lenalidomide for MDS, and Sorafenib in AML

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

January 20th 2015

Improved Cancer Care Through Innovation

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

January 20th 2015

Payers Look to CER for Improved Healthcare Decisions

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

January 20th 2015

Data Show High Response Rate to Ibrutinib Combination for Patients With Hard-to-Treat MCL

Mary K. Caffrey

January 20th 2015

Hepatitis C Pricing Wars a Poster Child for Oncology

The CEO of Kite Pharma plans to initiate early conversations with insurers, even before the launch of a clinical trial of their experimental drug, to ensure smooth sailing once the product is approved and launched.

January 19th 2015

Identifying Biomarkers to Detect Lung Cancer in Patient Spit

Researchers at the University of Maryland are evaluating the value of a person's spit to screen for lung cancer, replacing the traditional and recently recommended CT scan.

January 19th 2015

MET Amplification a Viable Screen for NSCLC, Study Claims

A study published in Clinical Cancer Research found that 33% of lung cancer biopsies evaluated had a gain of function amplification in the MET receptor tyrosine kinase.

January 19th 2015

Results Project Savings for Payers With Novel Oral Anticoagulants

Mary K. Caffrey

January 19th 2015

SPIRIT 2: Dasatinib Superior to Imatinib in Newly Diagnosed CML

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

January 19th 2015

CML Updates: Defining MMR and Results of the DASISION Trial

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

January 19th 2015

Sessions Report Phase 2 Results of Pomalidomide Combinations

Mary K. Caffrey

January 19th 2015

Promising Results for Elotuzumab Presented in Session on Multiple Myeloma

Mary K. Caffrey

January 19th 2015

Early Treatment, Monoclonal Antibodies Discussed in Multiple Myeloma

Mary K. Caffrey

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