We speak with one of the authors of a recent study examining why overall biomarker testing rates remain poor for metastatic colorectal cancer.
Although genomic testing is recognized in national oncology guidelines as key to determining the right therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), overall biomarker testing rates remain poor. On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with one of the authors of a recent study about this issue published in JCO Precision Oncology. Stuart Goldberg, MD, a hematologist oncologist at the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, discusses real-world testing of biomarkers in mCRC, uncovered through mining electronic health records.
Goldberg is also the hospital’s first chief of the Division of Outcomes and Value Research, and the episode also discusses the relationship between value-based medicine and precision medicine and the promise of delivering improved outcomes at lower costs by avoiding ineffective therapies through the use of specialized testing and diagnostics.
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Gutierrez ME, Price KS, Lanman RB, et al. Genomic profiling for KRAS, NRAS, BRAF, microsatellite instability, and mismatch repair deficiency among patients with metastatic colon cancer [published online December 6, 2019]. JCO Precis Oncol. doi: 10.1200/PO.19.00274.
Examining Low-Value Cancer Care Trends Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 25th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the April 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on the rates of low-value cancer care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Empowering Community Health Through Wellness and Faith
April 23rd 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In the third episode, Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, discusses approaching community health holistically through spiritual and community engagement.
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