cancer care
New CMS Payment Model Encourages Use of Novel Cancer Therapies
CMS implemented the five-year Enhancing Oncology Model to help more patients access novel cancer therapies at an ...
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Sociodemographic Differences Emerge In Young-Onset CRC
For early-onset colorectal cancer, researchers have found that American blacks, Native Americans, and Americans of ...
MAY 4, 2020
Transparency Is Good, but at What Cost?
I can still re-member the day I received my medical school acceptance letter in the mail. One of the first things I ...
MAY 8, 2017
Conversations: Looking at the Road Map Together
Chicago—No physician looks forward to discussing death with a patient. But effective end-of-life planning is ...
MARCH 16, 2017
Immunotherapy May Need To Have Its Own Value Model
Immunotherapy has been a game changer for the oncology field, but typical models used to assess the value of cancer ...
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
High Treatment Burden May Lower Compliance, Well-Being in Older NSCLC Pts
Older patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) often spend significant time interacting with ...
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
Communication Gaps Exist Between Oncologists, Patients With Early-Stage NSCLC
Many clinicians believe they are practicing shared decision making (SDM) with their patients with early-stage ...
JANUARY 10, 2017
More and More Complex, Older Pts Are Surviving Cancer
Driven largely by the aging of the U.S. population, combined with advances in early detection and the effectiveness ...
DECEMBER 21, 2016
COA Report: Practices Closing, Cost of Cancer Care Increasing
Since 2008, more than 1,500 community oncology clinics and/or practices across the nation have closed, have been ...
DECEMBER 21, 2016
Palliative Care Education Needed for Front-Line Staff
San Francisco—When shopping for a cancer center, what information can patients receive over the phone about ...
DECEMBER 14, 2016
Lack of Data, Consensus Among Guidelines Complicates Treatment of Lung Neuroendocrine Tumors
Classification, diagnosis and appropriate treatment regimens for neuroendocrine tumors (NET) continue to be debated ...
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Precision Medicine and Decision Making in Breast Cancer
Chicago—Although there is continued debate about how much precision approaches can influence cancer ...
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
