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Painting a Picture of Cancer Cure Rates: Dr Alvarnas' PCOC15 Session

Joseph Alvar­nas, MD, direc­tor of value-based analytics at City of Hope, Duarte, California, and editor-in-chief of Evidence-Based Oncology painted an upbeat picture of cancer cure rates at the 2015 meeting of Patient-Centered Oncology Care.

Joseph Alvar­nas, MD, direc­tor of value-based analytics at City of Hope, Duarte, California, and editor-in-chief of Evidence-Based Oncology painted an upbeat picture of cancer cure rates at the 2015 meeting of Patient-Centered Oncology Care.

During his session, Dr Alvarnas outlined the rapid changes in medicine and the profound impact the development of targeted immunotherapy agents have had on patient outcomes. Here are the slides from his session, slightly modified.

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