oncology management

Research in Review

NCCN Responds to Study Findings on Financial Conflicts of Interest

11/04/2016

JCP Editors

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) agreed that ongoing monitoring and research regarding financial conflicts of interest (COIs) at the interface of academia, medicine, and industry is critical,...

The...

11/04/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Immunotherapies May Pose Severe Heart Risk

11/04/2016

JCP Editors

Researchers have identified a serious and potentially fatal adverse event associated with immunology drugs, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Immune checkpoint inhibitors have...

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11/04/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Standard of Care Underutilized for Cervical Cancer

11/04/2016

JCP Editors

Though proven to offer superior outcomes versus other treatment regimens, less than half of patients receive standard of care for locally advanced cervical cancer, according to a study published in Gynecologic...

Though...

11/04/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

High Potential for Drug-Drug Interactions With New Antineoplastic Agents

11/03/2016

JCP Editors

Most oral antineoplastic drugs approved in the past six years are associated with multiple, clinically significant drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Therefore, the onus remains on oncologists to be more of aware DDIs...

Most...

11/03/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Department

Cognitive Factors Linked to Treatment Adherence in Elderly Patients With Cancer

10/07/2016

JCP Editors

Cognitive factors such as working memory dysfunction and depression may be predictors of non-adherence in patients with cancer, especially among the elderly, according to a study presented at the European Society for...

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10/07/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Fewer Incidences of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia With HPV Vaccine

10/05/2016

JCP Editors

In a study published in JAMA Oncology, researchers a found that, after adjusting for changes in screening, there was a decrease in all-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), a known link to cervical cancer,...

In a...

10/05/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Department

The End of Clinical Pathways?

09/19/2016

JCP Editors

In a presentation at the inaugural Clinical Pathways Congress, Michael Kolodziej, MD, national medical director, Managed Care Strategy, Flatiron Health, argued that clinical pathways as we know them will cease to...

In a...

09/19/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Counterpoint

The Pivot Toward Patient-Centeredness in Medicine and Oncology

09/06/2016

Bruce Feinberg, DO

Julia Braverman, PhD

Jennifer Fillman, MBA

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) research has shown that PROs must play a role in the future of health care delivery as the system transitions from volume-based care to value-based care. Building trust among...

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09/06/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Clinical Pathways GPS

Population Health Delivery Through Health Systems and Pharma

09/06/2016

Richard G. Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD

Scott Guerin, PhD

As health systems become more prevalent, they are having increasing levels of control over treatment decisions, in coordination with physicians and managed care organizations. As a result of this increased level of...

As...

09/06/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Patient-Reported Quality of Life Predicts Long-Term Lung Cancer Survival

09/06/2016

JCP Editors

Patient-reported quality of life (QOL) may have prognostic value for long-term survival in disease-free survivors of surgically treated lung cancer who have completed active treatment, according to research published...

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09/06/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways