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March Toward More Tailored Treatments Continues at ASCO 2025

By Mary Caffrey

May 28th 2025

ASCO 2025 will showcase cutting-edge advancements in precision medicine, artificial intelligence, and biomarker-driven therapies, revolutionizing cancer treatment and diagnostics.

In the phase 3 IMforte trial, patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer experienced clinically meaningful benefits with maintenance lurbinectedin plus atezolizumab vs atezolizumab. | Image credit: appledesign - stock.adobe.com

Lurbinectedin Plus Atezolizumab Maintenance Shows Improved Survival vs Atezolizumab in SCLC

By Rose McNulty

May 22nd 2025

AJMC Q&A with Eileen Peng, PharmD | Background image credit: ipopba - stock.adobe.com

The Role of Pharmacists Expands Beyond Dispensing for Novel Cancer Therapies: Eileen Peng, PharmD

By Laura Joszt, MA
Eileen Peng, PharmD

May 21st 2025

Future validation studies with a larger sample size are warranted to ensure the technique will be useful in a clinical setting. | Image credit: Artur Wnorowski - stock.adobe.com

Novel, Noninvasive Skin Cancer Detection Method Shows Promise

By Jared Kaltwasser

May 18th 2025

FDA Approved | Image credit: chrisdorney – stock.adobe.com

Teliso-V Approved to Treat Advanced NSCLC With High c-Met Protein Overexpression

By Hayden E. Klein

May 14th 2025

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This Week in Managed Care: October 7, 2016

October 7th 2016

This Week in Managed Care: October 7, 2016

This week, the top managed care stories included conference coverage from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy's 2016 Nexus, Bill Clinton courted controversy when discussing the Affordable Care Act, and research finds fear of a job loss can increase the risk of diabetes.

October 7th 2016

Will HHS Have the Assurance of a Patient Identifier?

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

HHS has been banned from using a patient identifier but several organizations, including national payers, providers, and prescription drug networks, want this reversed.

October 6th 2016

State-Level Insurance Reform Improved Access for Patients With CRC in Massachusetts

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found an increased rate of resection and a reduction in the probability of emergent resection for colorectal cancer (CRC) as a result of insurance expansion in Massachusetts.

October 5th 2016

COA Report Accentuates Economic Strain on Community Practices

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

According to the 2016 Community Oncology Practice Impact Report, about 15 community practices in the United States have either closed or were acquired, each month since 2008.

October 5th 2016

Following Nivolumab, NICE Rejects Pembrolizumab for Use in Patients With NSCLC

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

A draft guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) rejected use of Merck's programmed death-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

October 4th 2016

The Power of an Immuno-oncology Collaborative Care Team

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

At the Institute for Clinical Immuno-Oncology National Conference, a panel of care providers presented institutional experiences with immunotherapy, and how a collaborative care approach helped the process.

October 4th 2016

PanCAN's Precision Medicine Trial Designed for Collaboration and Personalized Care

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Precision Promise, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN)'s precision medicine trial, seeks to transform outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients with the goal set to double survival by 2020.

October 4th 2016

Specialty Pharmaceutical Pipeline: Increased Competition, Biosimilar Uncertainty

Laura Joszt, MA

Perennial favorite, Aimee Tharaldson, PharmD, senior clinical consultant of emerging therapeutics at Express Scripts, opened the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy 2016 Nexus, October 3, 2016, in National Harbor, Maryland, with a discussion of specialty pharmaceutical drugs in the pipeline.

Daniel J. Klein Highlights the Financial Assistance PAN Provides Patients

October 4th 2016

Daniel J. Klein Highlights the Financial Assistance PAN Provides Patients

The funds that the Patient Access Network (PAN) Foundation provides to patients are often used to help with the cost of medications, and there has been a large increase in the number of patients looking for assistance for the cost of cancer treatments, explained Daniel J. Klein, president and CEO of the PAN Foundation.

October 3rd 2016

Knowledge Is Power for Cancer Patients, British Study Says

Christina Mattina

A study suggests that regions of England where patients show less awareness of cancer symptoms tend to have lower cancer survival rates, particularly in lower-income areas. The research, published in the British Journal of Cancer also examined whether barriers to care can affect the likelihood of surviving different cancers.

October 3rd 2016

Remarkable Outcomes With Cancer Immunotherapy, but Clinical Adoption Remains Challenging

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

The cancer community has seen tremendous progress in the field of immunotherapy. However, educating patients and care providers across healthcare on this new tool remains a significant challenge.

This Week in Managed Care: October 1, 2016

October 1st 2016

This Week in Managed Care: October 1, 2016

This week, the top stories in managed care included 2 reports on the fight against addiction, researchers have learned more about the effects of healthy living on avoiding cancers, and a study finds fitness trackers do not help people lose more weight.

September 30th 2016

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Part of Melanoma Treatment's Exciting Future

Timothy M. Johnson, MD, spoke enthusiastically about the possibilities of sentinel lymph node biopsy in his lecture at the 25th European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress in Vienna, Austria. His presentation, called “Melanoma Sentinel Node Biopsy: Past, Present and Future in the New Era of Systemic Therapies,” covered guidelines for the procedure as well as new possibilities for melanoma patients.

September 30th 2016

ICER Recommends Significant Discount on WAC for Checkpoint Inhibitors in NSCLC

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Based on ICER’s evaluation, a significant reduction in the wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) of approved checkpoint inhibitors would be necessary to achieve a pre-determined value-based price benchmark.

September 30th 2016

New Anticancer Drugs Associated With Big Increases in Costs, but Also Life Expectancy

While there have been large increases in the cost of new cancer treatments for patients with metastatic breast, lung, or kidney cancer, or chronic myeloid leukemia, researchers found that there were also large gains in life expectancy.

Dr Mario E. Lacouture on Maintaining Quality of Life While Treating Melanomas

September 30th 2016

Dr Mario E. Lacouture on Maintaining Quality of Life While Treating Melanomas

Patients with melanoma have more promising options than ever with the advent of targeted therapies and immunotherapies, said Mario Lacouture, MD, director of the Oncodermatology Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. His research aims to provide patients the best possible quality of life while taking these treatments, which can often have adverse effects.

September 29th 2016

Preventive Oophorectomy Contraindicated in Women With an Average Risk of Ovarian Cancer

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic are recommending that premenopausal women with a low risk of ovarian cancer should be spared unnecessary comorbidities associated with bilateral oophorectomy.

September 29th 2016

Need to Revisit Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines: JAMA Oncology Study

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

A new study has found that after adjusting for changes in screening, there was a decrease in incidence of all grades of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) for women 15- to 19-years old, and CIN grade 2 in women 20- to 24-years old.

September 28th 2016

USPSTF Recommendation Did Not Impact PSA Testing Referrals, Study Finds

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

A study published in the journal Cancer has discovered that a 2012 recommendation for prostate cancer screening did not change physician behavior.

Dr Ally-Khan Somani: Mohs Surgery Is a Gold Standard

September 28th 2016

Dr Ally-Khan Somani: Mohs Surgery Is a Gold Standard

Mohs surgery is generally the gold standard for rare and more aggressive tumors because the surgeon can ensure the roots of the tumor are gone, but the technique keeps the hole small, said Ally-Khan B. Somani, MD, PhD, at the 25th European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress.

Dr Aleksandar Krunic Discusses the Reimbursement Issues of Mohs Surgery

September 28th 2016

Dr Aleksandar Krunic Discusses the Reimbursement Issues of Mohs Surgery

Reimbursement issues surrounding Mohs surgery are getting worse, which provides a challenge for surgeons who would perform the procedure, explained Aleksandar L. Krunic, MD, PhD, during the 25th European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress.

September 28th 2016

Chemotherapy and RT Improve Survival in Surgically Resected Medulloblastoma Patients

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

A new study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology has found a significant survival advantage of combining chemotherapy and radiotherapy following surgery in patients with medulloblastoma.

September 27th 2016

SBRT Improves Outcomes in Older NSCLC Patients With Stage I Disease

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Use of stereotactic body radiation therapy improved survival in elderly patients diagnosed with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer by about 20% over a decade.

September 27th 2016

The Big "C" — Is Cancer Curable?

Advancement in basic science and medical technology has made cancer a curable disease for many patients. Approximately 40% of Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, but as of 2014, 1 in 22 Americans is a cancer survivor, which equals 14.5 million cancer survivors in the US, explained Joseph C. Alvarnas, MD, director of value-based analytics for the City of Hope.

September 27th 2016

The Patient Lens on Precision Medicine

Jack Whelan, an e-patient advocate and patient with a rare blood disease, spoke at The American Journal of Managed Care’s 4th Annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care Meeting. In his presentation, Whelan explained that patient centricity and education is important for all parties in the healthcare industry to better take hold of.

September 27th 2016

How Do Patients Define Value in Cancer Care?

In the United States healthcare system, discussions of value are almost always associated with the equation of quality over cost. However, patients don’t necessarily think that way, explained Yousuf Zafar, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine and public policy at the Duke Cancer Institute.

September 27th 2016

Oncology and the President's Precision Medicine Initiative

While President Barack Obama outlined a series of budget plans for oncology care in the fall of 2015, which was designed to allocate an estimated $130 million to sequence 1 million volunteers, $70 million to identify “genome drivers” and $10 million to the FDA to build databases, Michael A. Kolodziej, MD, FACP, national medical director of Oncology Solutions at Aetna, believes there to be different areas of oncology care that need more attention and resources. Kolodziej presented at The American Journal of Managed Care’s 4th Annual Patient-Centered Oncology Meeting.

September 27th 2016

Updates in Big Data for Oncology: What Are We Learning?

There are a number of issues concerning big data in the oncology world, the most prominent of which concerns the number of patients participating in clinical trials, Robert J. Green, MD, MSCE, vice president of clinical strategy at Flatiron Health, explained during his presentation at The American Journal of Managed Care’s 4th Annual Patient-Centered Oncology Meeting. He added that only 4% of adult cancer patients participate in a clinical trial.

September 27th 2016

Outcomes from Mandatory Genetic Testing and Counseling Programs

Family history is at the core of precision medicine, Joy Larsen Haidle, MS, CGC, 2015 president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors, said during her presentation at The American Journal of Managed Care’s 4th Annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care Meeting. During her presentation, Haidle explained that while hereditary cancer was traditionally viewed as occurring between 5% and 10% of the cancer population, recent data suggest that number may be a lot closer to 25% today.

September 27th 2016

The Impacts of FDA Regulations on Diagnostics in Oncology

Scott Gottlieb, MD, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute; Michael A. Kolodziej, MD, national medical director of oncology strategy at Aetna; Bruce Quinn, MD, PhD, MBA, senior director at FaegreBD Consulting; and Joy Larsen Haidle, MS, CGC, 2015 president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors, discussed the impacts of FDA regulation on diagnostics in oncology during The American Journal of Managed Care’s 4th Annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care Meeting. The panel discussion was moderated by Dennis P. Scanlon, professor of health policy and administrator and director of the Center for Health Care and Policy Research at The Pennsylvania State University.

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