Practice Management News

A National Comprehensive Cancer Network Annual Conference plenary session examined the impact of drug shortages on oncology care, as well as potential solutions.

As part of routine screening for financial hardship, clinicians should discuss an individual’s employment, access to paid leave and health insurance coverage when constructing a treatment plan relating to cancer care.

Within obstetrics and gynecology, sexual harassment, workplace discrimination and bullying were frequently reported among clinicians and trainees, according to a systematic review published in JAMA Network Open.

Screenings for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers were significantly lower in federally qualified health centers compared with the general population, a study in JAMA Internal Medicine showed.

Healio is accepting submissions for its third annual peer-recognition program, Healio Honors.

Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH, FASCO, will be awarded the 2024 ASCO-American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Award during the American Society for Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago.

New testing options for colorectal cancer will likely expand access to screening, but they are not as reliable as a colonoscopy, according to experts.

More than 20% of patients with cancer participate in some form of clinical study, and that number is considered a “floor” estimate, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Global progress in women as senior authors in cancer research remains modest compared with men, according to research published in BMJ Oncology.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Sean Bohen, MD, about how cancer therapies are changing how oncology can be discussed, shifting from clinical to industry work and more.