Oncology

According to the study published in Cancer, adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with early stage colon cancer results in clinically relevant improvement in overall survival.

Drug prices have developed into the fastest growing segment of healthcare costs and are a significant burden on the patient's wallet, in addition to the cost of healthcare services. An Education Session at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology discussed potential solutions to ease this problem.

A poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology evaluated the cost per median month of survival for daratumumab and other novel treatments for multiple myeloma.