Here are the top 5 articles for the month of December.
Hi, I'm Jaime Rosenberg for The American Journal of Managed Care®. Here are the top 5 articles for the month of December.
Number 5: Competing breast cancer tests vied for attention from clinicians and payers at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Number 4: While the Oncology Care Model is likely not a sustainable model for oncology care, it will probably inform what structure comes next, according to Michael Kolodziej, MD, vice president and chief innovation officer, ADVI Health.
Number 3: A new study is adding to the debate of statin use to prevent cardiovascular disease, arguing that the benefits don't outweigh the harms.
Number 2: A federal judge in Texas ruled that the Affordable Care Act's individual mandata is unconstitutional and that the rest of the law must also fall.
Number 1: New reports from the CDC highlight troubling increasing trends in suicides and drug overdose rates as life expectancy in the United States declined for the second year in a row.
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Perioperative Nivolumab Boosts NSCLC Survival: CheckMate 77T Trial
May 16th 2024This interim analysis of the CheckMate 77T trial, outcomes were compared between adult patients receiving neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy or neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus placebo for resectable non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Decitabine, Venetoclax Combo Boosts Survival in Patients With AML and MDS
May 16th 2024Study findings demonstrate that combining decitabine with venetoclax enhances molecular response rates in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), correlating strongly with improved clinical outcomes and overall survival.
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Frameworks for Advancing Health Equity: Urban Health Outreach
May 9th 2024In the series debut episode of "Frameworks for Advancing Health Equity," Mary Sligh, CRNP, and Chelsea Chappars, of Allegheny Health Network, explain how the Urban Health Outreach program aims to improve health equity for individuals experiencing homelessness.
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Atypical Marker Expression in T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma
May 15th 2024Two unique case reports highlight the diagnostic challenges and critical importance of comprehensive immunophenotyping in cases of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma that present without typical immaturity markers but with rare γδ T-cell receptor expression.
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After the ACA Expanded Health Care Access, 2024 Elections May See Voters Demand Affordability
May 15th 2024At the spring conference of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, speakers discussed how health policy, affordability, and transparency may play a role in voters’ decisions.
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