April 25th 2024
Coverage from the Community Oncology Alliance Community Oncology Conference, held April 4-5, 2024, in Orlando, Florida.
Cost Savings in Inpatient Oncology Through an Integrative Medicine Approach
An approach including yoga, holistic nursing, and a "healing environment" can decrease medication use, resulting in substantial cost savings in care of inpatient oncology patients.
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Offering home fecal immunochemical tests to eligible patients during influenza vaccination clinic increases colorectal cancer screening rates.
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Colorectal Cancer Screening Use Among Insured Primary Care Patients
Colorectal cancer screening use was similar in 2 divergent primary care populations. Colonoscopy was the most frequently used modality; FOBT was used inconsistently.
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Cost-Effectiveness of 21-Gene Assay in Node-Positive, Early-Stage Breast Cancer
A decision-analytic model was used to estimate cost-effectiveness of adopting a 21-gene assay in treatment decisions for women with early-stage N (1-3)/ER HER2-negative breast cancer.
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Characterizing Medical Care by Disease Phase in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
This study characterized patterns and costs of medical care by disease phase in patients with newly diagnosed mCRC using a large US national commercially insured claims database.
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Advancing Performance Measurement in Oncology
The American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Oncology Practice Initiative has grown to include 973 practices as of 2010. Practices demonstrated rates of end-of-life care and other measures of quality.
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Patient and Plan Characteristics Affecting Abandonment of Oral Oncolytic Prescriptions
May 20th 2011Ten percent of patients abandon newly initiated oral oncolytics at the pharmacy. Patients facing higher cost sharing or increased concurrent prescription activity have a higher abandonment rate.
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