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Taking on the Hospital/Community Practice Cost Differential

Taking on the Hospital/Community Practice Cost Differential

Meir Rinde
January 24th 2018
ArticleClinical Articles

Just as CMS moves ahead with payment reforms designed to reduce the total cost of hospital care, results from a new study show that cancer treatment costs remain significantly lower at community oncology clinics compared with hospitals.


Organizing Faster Care for Urgent Lung Cancer Cases

Organizing Faster Care for Urgent Lung Cancer Cases

Andrew Smith
January 15th 2018
ArticleClinical Articles

Improving outcomes for disadvantaged patients with lung cancer has been a priority for over 5 years at Mary Bird Perkins-Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.


Second-Line Chemotherapy Doublet Proves Noninferior to FOLFIRI in mCRC

Second-Line Chemotherapy Doublet Proves Noninferior to FOLFIRI in mCRC

Lisa Astor
January 12th 2018
ArticleClinical Articles

According to the results of the randomized phase III&nbsp;AXEPT clinical trial, a chemotherapy doublet has proved noninferior to treatment with standard FOLFIRI (folinic acid [leucovorin], fluorouracil [5-FU], and irinotecan) for patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).<sup>1</sup>


Targeting the MET Pathway for Lung Cancer Treatments, Biomarkers

Targeting the MET Pathway for Lung Cancer Treatments, Biomarkers

Lisa Astor
January 12th 2018
ArticleClinical Articles

The MET oncogene has become a rapidly rising target for the treatment of patients with non&ndash;small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to Balazs Halmos, MD, MS.

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