December 24, 2020
Article
COVER FEATURE
Employers have the focus, innovative mindset, analytical tools, and drive to partner effectively with innovative cancer care entities to bring better care to their respective members.
December 18, 2020
Article
Texas Oncology physicians discuss utilization of telemedicine, evaluating trends, barriers, and opportunities in care delivery during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
December 18, 2020
Article
COVER FEATURE
Multicancer early detection technology could help reduce cancer mortality compared to the current strategy of single-cancer screening tests.
December 18, 2020
Article
COVER FEATURE
In an interview with Evidence-Based Oncology™, City of Hope's Harlan Levine discussed the rising interest of employers in cancer care and how AccessHope can help them deliver better care where their employees live.
December 17, 2020
Article
FROM THE EDITORS
In this issue of Evidence-Based Oncology™, we explore the role of collaboration between employers and providers in reducing health care costs, improving workforce health and productivity, and improving health care.
December 17, 2020
Article
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted specialty practices generally and oncology practices especially have been resilient throughout the pandemic.
November 27, 2020
Article
Among older women with and without breast and ovarian cancers, testing for the BRCA gene dropped precipitously between 2008 and 2018.
November 15, 2020
Video
As some private health insurance companies move to end waivers of cost sharing for virtual care, there will be several aspects to monitor for employers, particularly its impact on accessibility and potential deferral of health care services.
November 11, 2020
Article
In a pair of sessions at the Quality Cancer Care Alliance Virtual Fall Leadership Summit, speakers discussed the promise of precision medicine for not only informing individuals’ cancer treatment decisions but also identifying individuals at high risk before disease develops.
November 10, 2020
Article
The liquid serum assay was cleared for use as a companion diagnostic for olaparib to identify patients with BRCA1/2- and/or ATM-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
October 29, 2020
Article
Value-based insurance design has made gains in oncology, but there's more work to do.
October 29, 2020
Article
Panelists at the Community Oncology Alliance Payer Exchange Summit take issue with strategies they say harm patients and don't save money in the long run.
October 28, 2020
Article
A panel of key opinion leaders discuss how employers and self-funded companies should assess provider quality and value in cancer care at the 2020 Community Oncology Alliance Virtual Payer Exchange Summit.
October 28, 2020
Article
During a session on day 1 of the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Virtual Payer Exchange Summit on Oncology Payment Reform, a panel of experts discussed the ways COVID-19 continues to impact cancer care and payment reform.
October 28, 2020
Article
Evolution and collaboration are the fundamentals of bringing oncology payment reform plans to fruition, say 3 professionals on the front lines.
October 17, 2020
Article
MEDICAL WORLD NEWS / Clinical
It is the first PD-1 inhibitor to be approved to be used as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL).
October 17, 2020
Article
MEDICAL WORLD NEWS / Clinical
Nearly 10,000 deaths from non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were likely delayed between 2014 to 2016, the researchers calculated.
October 16, 2020
Article
MEDICAL WORLD NEWS / Clinical
The safety profile of nivolumab plus chemotherapy was also consistent with previously reported studies in NSCLC, the researchers said.
October 16, 2020
Article
MEDICAL WORLD NEWS / Managed Care
A study and accompanying editorial from the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that Hodgkin lymphoma survivors still face a higher risk of non-cancer death than the general population.
October 12, 2020
Article
As the pandemic contributed to a significant decrease in the use of health care services in 2020, an analysis finds that employer health care benefit costs will likely increase in 2021 to address this deferral in care.
October 01, 2020
Article
MEDICAL WORLD NEWS / Managed Care
Results from a study on Canadian women who did and did not participate in a population-based breast cancer screening program show that interval breast cancers are more aggressive and deadlier than screening-detected cancers.