Clinical

A study evaluating patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer who refused a clinical intervention for fear of being overdiagnosed has reported that the individuals feel isolated and anxious.

The main focus of Humana’s business activities is to provide a better experience for patients and physicians, according to Roy Beveridge, MD, chief medical officer of Humana. This patient-centered approach is informed by his work as a practicing oncologist, where he learned to think about clinical programs from the perspective of the patient.

A new study from the MD Anderson Cancer Center has identified factors that influence cancer clinical trial accrual rates.

A pilot study conducted at a safety net hospital has armed researchers with a new educational tool: a digital app to persuade parents to vaccinate their adolescent against the human papilloma virus (HPV).

First-line pembrolizumab every 3 weeks followed by second-line ipilimumab, and first-line nivolumab followed by second-line ipilimumab are cost-effective strategies in patients with advanced melanoma expressing wild-type BRAF.

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working at 50 specialty pharmacy locations owned by Walgreens have completed a cancer-focused curriculum of advanced education courses.

The widespread nature of the opioid epidemic will require coordination from a variety of stakeholders and all levels of government. In this podcast, experts discuss how the crisis got so out of hand, various tactics being undertaken to reverse the opioid, and the current impact of stigma on getting treatment.

How will drug developers price gene therapy treatments to recover their investment and ensure that society can bear the impending cost?

Implementation of clinical pathways saved $15,013 in the total cost of care per patient over a year.

While colorectal cancer screening rates have seen a recent progress toward achieving the Healthy People 2020 objectives, breast cancer screening rates have remained static, and cervical cancer screening rates have been declining.

The company did not recover from the 5 patient deaths associated with JCAR015 in 2016.

By the time the opioid epidemic was dominating headlines, it was already out of control. So how did the epidemic sneak up on the United States, and what is being done at the state and federal levels to combat the issue?

A vitamin D deficit may be linked with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in children. According to a new study published in PLOS ONE, more than 90% of pediatric patients with IBS were deficient in vitamin D.

Median overall survival was not yet reached at a median follow-up of 8.7 months on the company’s ZUMA-1 trial.

Expanding a health system pharmacy’s operations to include specialty drugs, namely oral oncology agents, improved patient care by reducing errors and saving costs.

The National Organization for Rare Disorders has announced a new, yearlong campaign to raise public awareness of rare diseases. “Do Your Share for Rare” shines a light on people living with a rare disease and provides an opportunity for them to share their story.

Precision medicine has demonstrated clinical utility and cost-effectiveness, which is why many believe this approach will be key to value-based cancer care in the future, said Jonathan Hirsch, founder and president of Syapse.

This week, the top managed care stories included Republicans releasing an outline for replacing the Affordable Care Act, pharmacy benefit managers and pharmaceutical companies pointing fingers over drug costs, and findings on engagement for patients with chronic conditions.

Using body composition metrics to guide the dose in patients receiving anthracyclines-taxane—based chemotherapy for breast cancer can reduce treatment-related toxicity.

Population-level judgements on the value of therapies to treat multiple sclerosis don’t adequately depict the differences between how providers and payers view value compared with patients and how patients view value different from one another.

Including anti-cholesterol agents during adjuvant endocrine treatment can prevent breast cancer recurrence in hormone receptor—positive early-stage breast cancer.

Pam Mangat, MS, associate director for the TAPUR study in the research and analysis division of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, offered an update on the study at the 5th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care® meeting.

David L. Porter, MD, kicked off the 5th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care® (PCOC®) meeting in Baltimore on November 17, 2016, with an update on chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.

At the 5th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care® meeting, hosted by The American Journal of Managed Care®, experts discussed the contradiction presented by immuno-oncology agents in the world of precision medicine.