Oncology Business Management

The FDA announced the approval of pomalidomide for the treatment of multiple myeloma after patients have relapsed or become refractory to other cancer drugs.

There is a dramatic revolution under way in the treatment of advanced-stage prostate cancer, which for many years consisted of systemic chemotherapy that offered only palliation of symptoms and no hope of improved survival.

Community practice viability may hinge on understanding and adapting to more aggressive payer involvement

The FDA has accepted a NDA for afatinib to treat patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC who have tested positive for an EGFR mutation that has been identified through a companion diagnostic test.

The unifying principle for care delivery in every situation should ideally be centered on complete clinical information, coupled with evidence-based medicine, and filtered through clinical decision support tools.

This recorded webinar features thought leader perspectives and key insights from HRA's newest research program - Understanding Integrated Delivery Networks.

Circulating tumor cells can be a predictive blood biomarker for recurrence and survival in patients with stage III melanoma and may help identify who will benefit from aggressive adjuvant therapy.

Since recovery audit contractors are paid a contingency fee for locating discrepancies, they are quickly becoming viewed as bounty hunters by many practices.

The real question is how will we best use our continually evolving armamentarium of treatments to deliver the best outcomes while optimizing the cost of care for our patients.

After wrangling between Democrats and Republicans pushed a decision beyond a year-end deadline, the federal government passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and averted the "fiscal cliff."

Over the past decade, the availability of new agents with varying mechanisms of action has greatly enhanced the treatment landscape in castration-resistant prostate cancer.

As many of us are keenly aware, the coming 12 months present some very challenging times in the medical community.