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Autophagy inhibition may improve cancer therapy, but it is unclear which tumors will benefit. BRAF mutations cause brain tumor cells to depend on autophagy and display selective chemosensitization with autophagy inhibition. We present a pediatric case in which deliberate autophagy inhibition halted tumor growth and overcame acquired BRAF-inhibition resistance.

The lack of OS advantage is the reason for the discontinuation.

Although some providers still operate under the traditional fee-for-service reimbursement model, that is likely to change. Payers, employers, and government agencies are increasingly choosing to reward value over volume.

Operations and maintenance, plus services segments lead growth.

Vaccination prices have gone from single digits to sometimes triple digits in the last two decades, creating dilemmas for doctors and their patients as well as straining public health budgets.

Consumers thinking about becoming enrolled in health insurance exchange plans may gain access to a new low-premium, high-deductible option: the copper plan. However, these plans have many patient advocate groups and policy experts concerned about their "bare-bone" offerings.

Despite increased spending, the breast cancer detection rate and stage did not change, according to a new JNCI study.

When new evidence emerges that a brand-name prescription drug has harmed patients, manufacturers are required to immediately warn doctors and consumers by updating product labels or sending letters.

Looking to control Medicaid costs, several states are launching accountable care initiatives that mirror experiments underway with Medicare and private insurers but vary significantly in their approaches.

It could be the first anti-PD-1 therapy in Europe, if approved.

Breakthrough Designation Reinforces Significant Unmet Need in the Treatment of This Highly Aggressive Cancer

The number of healthcare organizations participating in CMS's bundled payment program is expected to increase in upcoming weeks.

To hospitals, billions of dollars depend on how they define a patient's stay.

Society wants the healthcare system to improve the population's overall health while caring for the sick at a lower overall cost. The term of art is providing value-based care. Yet system leaders are stuck with a reimbursement system that still rewards volume through fee-for-service medicine.

For patients with KRAS wild-type untreated colorectal cancer, adding cetuximab or bevacizumab to combination chemotherapy offers equivalent survival, researchers said at the ESMO 16th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer in Barcelona

Patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who have received 8 or more CT scans have a 2-fold risk for secondary primary malignancies, new research shows.

A proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ruling would make it easier for consumers to automatically re-enroll in their plans from the healthcare insurance exchanges if they liked them.

People with type 1 or 2 diabetes now have a new means of getting their medication, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval on Friday of the first inhaled medicine for the blood sugar disease.

A CMS rule that exempts drug and medical-device companies from having to disclose indirect payments to physicians for accredited continuing medical education could prompt manufacturers to shift their marketing dollars toward CME and away from direct promotional programs for their products, experts say.

President Barack Obama plans to nominate former Procter & Gamble CEO and West Point graduate Robert McDonald as the next Veterans Affairs secretary.

Caloric restriction in women with the triple negative disease was found to reduce incidence of metastases in a pre-clinical model.

Scientists in Germany have developed a vaccine that they say provides some protection against brain tumors in mice.

Medicaid expansion continues to vary in popularity. Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia plan to expand Medicaid, while 4 are actively considering it and 20 have no plans to do so.

Avastin is the first biologic medicine to receive a CHMP positive opinion for the most difficult to treat form of ovarian cancer.

Providers recently reviewed the cost-effectiveness of accountable care organizations (ACOs). While half of surveyed providers said value-based reimbursement had potential to improve population health management, as well as the patient experience, 80% said it would require more staff, more time, and greater financial investments.

The longer a person took low-dose aspirin, the lower his or her risk for developing pancreatic cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

CMS stated that they seek recommendations about how the ACO program might evolve to "encourage greater care integration and financial accountability."

Adherence is important to improving the health outcomes of patients with diabetes. Health technology and digital tools are just on way providers are encouraging patients to remain consistent with the treatment regimens.