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New Jersey’s First Freestanding Cancer Hospital Opens in New Brunswick

May 14th 2025

RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute unveil the Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center—1 of only 13 freestanding cancer hospitals in the US.

At 3 months, hospitalizations among patients enrolled in RSM were 19% lower vs historical controls. | Image Credit: Nuttapong punna - stock.adobe.com

Remote Symptom Monitoring Linked to Reduced Hospitalization Risk for Patients With Cancer

By Rose McNulty

May 14th 2025

Offline data augmentation can significantly enhance deep learning techniques, improving classification performance compared to models trained solely on original clinician skin images. | Image Credit: Alexander - stock.adobe.com

Optimized Deep Learning Model Classifies Smartphone Images of Malignant Skin Lesions

By AJMC Contributor

May 12th 2025

With inconclusive treatment guidance and varying findings from clinical trials, the prognosis of transformed SCLC remains poor. | Image credit: Crystal Light - stock.adobe.com

Whole Exome Sequencing Identifies Distinct Profile of Transformed SCLC

By AJMC Contributor

May 12th 2025

The report suggests a TBS cutoff value of 3 will serve as a meaningful prognostic tool in HCC, but differences in patient populations and imaging techniques may affect the value of that cutoff, the authors noted. | Image credit: Jo Panuwat D - stock.adobe.com

HCC Tumor Burden Score Predicts Long-Term Outcomes Following MWA

By Jared Kaltwasser

May 7th 2025

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April 18th 2018

Dr Thomas LeBlanc on the Importance of Shared Decision Making in Cancer Care

Thomas LeBlanc, MD, of the Duke Cancer Institute, addresses the importance of adding a palliative care specialist to the cancer care team.

April 18th 2018

Patients With HIV Face Increased Risk of Mortality From Lung Cancer

Kelly Davio

The increased risk of cancer in patients with HIV has been well defined, and some studies have suggested that patients with HIV have not only a higher risk of lung cancer, but also an increased risk of mortality from their cancer than patients without HIV.

April 18th 2018

Bundled Payments That Include Drug Costs Would Penalize Practices Based on Patient Mix

Laura Joszt, MA

An analysis of a hypothetical bundled payment that included drug costs would unfairly penalize practices based on patient mix and could destabilize the cancer care delivery environment, according to research published in the Journal of Oncology Practice.

April 17th 2018

Conference Coverage: ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Coverage from the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, held February 8-10, 2018, in San Francisco, California

April 17th 2018

Michele McCourt on Potential New Therapies for Patients With Cancer

The high cost of new, innovative cancer treatments coming to market makes these therapies inaccessible to a lot of patients, said Michele McCourt, senior director of the CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation.

April 17th 2018

The Well-Being of Long-Term Cancer Survivors

Jeffrey Sullivan, MS Julia Thornton Snider, PhD Emma van Eijndhoven, MS, MA Tony Okoro, PharmD, MPH Katharine Batt, MD, MSc Thomas DeLeire, PhD

This study compares the well-being of long-term cancer survivors with that of US residents of similar age and demographic characteristics, patients recently diagnosed with cancer, and individuals with chronic illness.

April 16th 2018

Identification of Genes Involved With MM Development Could Mean More Personalized Treatments

Laura Joszt, MA

The identification of 40 genes involved with the development of multiple myeloma could lead to the development of more personalized treatments.

April 16th 2018

Dr William Cliby: Patient Factors and Surgery, Quality of Care For Ovarian Cancer

William Cliby, MD, consultant, division of gynecologic surgery, department of obstetrics & gynecology, Mayo Clinic, discusses patient factors that predispose them to adverse complications during surgery for ovarian cancer and using those predictors to improve care.

April 16th 2018

Oncology Practice Transformation Helps Deliver Patient-Centered Cancer Care in a Community Oncology Practice

Maharshi Patel, MBA Asutosh Gor, MD Sashi Naidu, MD Niyati Nathwani, MD Radhee Kothadia, BS Saheli Parekh Eric Singhi, MD

One possible way to reduce overall cost, improve patient experience, and improve outcomes in cancer care is to shift the focus of healthcare delivery away from volume and toward value. Patient-centered cancer care holds the promise of addressing these issues.

April 16th 2018

Oncology Nurse Navigators: Putting the Value in Value-Based Payment Models

Lani M. Alison, BSN, MS-HCQ, PCMH CCE

Oncology nurse navigators provide the “constant” in what seem to be undulating waves of changes to workflows, the adoption of new technology, the near-weekly onslaught of new drugs, and the need to ensure every nuance of documentation is entered in discrete fields in electronic health records so the practice meets reporting requirements.

April 16th 2018

Value-Based Contracting: Creating the Terms of Engagement Around High-Cost Cancer Therapies

It is important to establish broadly agreed-on and accepted frameworks for thinking about the value of high-cost cancer therapies, so that we as a society can weigh the choices in front of us.

April 16th 2018

The Risk Conundrum in Healthcare

Peter Aran, MD

Risk has very different meanings depending on whether one views it from a clinical or financial perspective.

April 16th 2018

Dr Thomas Graf: Personalizing Cancer Care Payment Models

Thomas Graf, MD, chief medical officer and vice president, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, discusses evolving care bundle payments to better accommodate cancer patients.

April 15th 2018

Dr Anna Beavis Highlights Importance of Addressing Gender Gaps in HPV Vaccination

If we don't close the gap in gender differences in HPV vaccination, we will likely see an increase in HPV-related cancers, explained Anna Beavis, MD, MPH, a gynecologic oncologist fellow at Johns Hopkins University.

April 15th 2018

Raising Employer Awareness on Cost and Value in Cancer Care

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

How are large employers adapting to, and benefiting from, the value-based care practices that are a payer demand and a provider imperative? This was the focus of a panel moderated by Bo Gamble, director of Strategic Practice Initiatives, Community Oncology Alliance (COA), during the 2018 Community Oncology Conference hosted by COA, April 12-13 in National Harbor, Maryland.

April 14th 2018

Survivors of Childhood ALL Have Risk of Neurocognitive Issues Even Before Treatment

Laura Joszt, MA

While increased risk of neurocognitive issues, such as long-term problems with attention, is common in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the risk may actually begin before treatment, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology.

April 14th 2018

Podcast: This Week in Managed Care—Work Requirements for Benefits and Other Health News

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

April 14th 2018

Dr Todd Yezefski on the Benefits of Financial Navigators in Oncology

Providing financial navigators in cancer centers and hospitals can have demonstrable benefits for both patients and hospitals, explained Todd Yezefski, MD, senior fellow in the Clinical Research Division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Division of Medical Oncology at the University of Washington.

April 14th 2018

Study Revises Molecular Classification of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Jaime Rosenberg

Researchers have identified genetic subtypes of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that revise the molecular classification of the disease and could provide insight into why some patients respond to treatment and others don’t.

April 13th 2018

Panelists Discuss Key Issues in Community Oncology Affecting Patients and Practices

Laura Joszt, MA

A panel of providers discussed key advocacy issues that affect patients and practices and could improve access to care and costs during the 2018 Community Oncology Conference, hosted by the Community Oncology Alliance, April 12-13 in National Harbor, Maryland.

April 13th 2018

How Expanded Access to Short-Term Health Plans Will Affect Patients With Cancer

Jaime Rosenberg

The Trump administration's proposal to extend the duration of short-term health plans would have a particularly significant impact on patients with cancer and cancer survivors, according to a webcast hosted by the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship on Thursday.

April 13th 2018

Dr Oliver Dorigo: Novel Therapies Being Researched by Stanford for Gynecologic Malignancies

Our division at Stanford is very interested in investigating innovative therapies and has a particular focus on immunotherapies, explained Oliver Dorigo, MD, PhD, associate professor, obstetrics and gynecology, Stanford University Medical Center.

April 13th 2018

Dr Ray Page Outlines Policy Priorities to Improve Access to Cancer Treatments

Ray Page, DO, PhD, president and director of research at The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders and chair-elect of the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) Clinical Practice Committee, provides a look at legislation to improve patient access to treatments and address drug pricing in cancer care.

April 13th 2018

Ted Okon Pushes for More Transparency Around Pharmacy Benefit Managers

There is currently a lack of transparency with pharmacy benefit managers around drug prices and where the rebates for drugs are going, but Congress is pushing for greater transparency that will benefit patients, said Ted Okon, executive director of the Community Oncology Alliance.

April 13th 2018

Gene Therapy in Community Practices—Administering CAR T Therapies

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

How are community practices coping with administering chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T treatments? At the 2018 Community Oncology Conference hosted by the Community Oncology Alliance, Houston Holmes, MD, MBA, FACP, Texas Oncology, shared his experience with administering CAR T-cells in a community cancer center–based setting.

April 13th 2018

AJMC® in the Press, April 13, 2018

AJMC Staff

Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the healthcare and mainstream press.

April 13th 2018

This Week in Managed Care: April 13, 2018

This week, the top managed care stories included President Donald Trump signing an executive order requiring the poor to get jobs or lose food and healthcare benefits; a CMS report found ethnic, racial, and gender disparities in Medicare Advantage plans; CDC highlighted the impact of HIV on America's youth.

April 13th 2018

Dr Stacey McCullough Discusses Teamwork and Collaboration in Oncology

Stacey McCullough, PharmD, senior vice president of pharmacy at Tennessee Oncology, discusses the importance of the pharmacist there are more advances being made and therapeutic options becoming available in oncology.

April 13th 2018

FDA Finalizes Guidances to Accelerate Development of Next-Generation Sequencing Tests

Jaime Rosenberg

The FDA has finalized 2 guidances to accelerate the development of next-generation sequencing (NGS)–based tests, the agency announced on Thursday. The guidances provide recommendations for designing, developing, and validating tests that use NGS.

April 13th 2018

Richard Kane Discusses Challenges With MIPS

Laura Joszt, MA

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a big program designed to be applied to all clinicians, which makes it complex to figure out how to do right, explained Richard Kane, senior director at Avalere.

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