Results for 'Symptom control in cancer'
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K. Ribi, N. Kalbermatten, M. Eicher, F. Strasser
Towards a novel approach guiding the decision-making process for anticancer treatment in patients with advanced cancer: framework for systemic anticancer treatment with palliative intent
Patient-centered cancer care, Advanced cancer decision-making, Stepwise decisional process, Palliative care domains, Illness understanding in oncology, Symptom control in cancer, End-of-life preparation, Patient-physician interaction, SACT-PI Decision Fra
Patient-centered decisions in advanced cancer care demand a step-wise decisional process, not a single decision act. The decision process includes key palliative care domains, e.g. illness understanding, symptom control, or end-of-life preparation. Patients' attitudes, beliefs, hopes, patient-ph…
Jun 1st • 25 mins read
David J. Segarnick, PhD Chief Medical Officer, Educational Resource Systems Adjunct Associate Professor, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience David E. Wazer, MD, FACRO, FABS, FACR, FASTRO Research Scholar
From Genomic Testing to Digital Biomarkers: The Expanding Role of Biomarkers in Oncology
oncology biomarkers, precision oncology, predictive biomarkers
Biomarkers have moved from the margins of oncology to the center of clinical decision-making. They now help establish diagnosis and prognosis, identify patients most likely to benefit from targeted therapy or immunotherapy, monitor response, detect molecular residual disease and emerging resistance,…
Aug 20th • 35 mins read
Emerson Y. Chen, MD, Vikram Raghunathan, MD, Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH
An Overview of Cancer Drugs Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration Based on the Surrogate End Point of Response Rate
FDA, RR, drug approvels, OS
Many cancer drugs come to market based on single-arm studies with modest RRs. Most of these drugs are tested in studies of over 100 patients prior to approval. Most (60%) of these approvals lack randomized clinical trials during the life cycle of the product. Our findings suggest greater room for th…
May 28th • 5 mins read
Jakub P. Hlávka, PhD, Pei-Jung Lin, PhD, Peter J. Neumann, ScD
Outcome measures for oncology alternative payment models: practical considerations and recommendations
This paper focuses on synthesizing existing research on quality measures in oncology, particularly outcome-based quality measures which are underutilized. A set of "core outcome measures" is proposed for future oncology alternative payment models (APM). The study design includes a literature rev…
Dec 1st • 10 mins read