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· Drug Screening & Toxicity Testing – Patient-derived organoids aid in high-throughput drug screening and predictive toxicity evaluations while advancing precision medicine strategies. ...
By harnessing the natural capabilities of the immune system, immuno-oncology services are revolutionizing the way we approach cancer treatment, offering novel therapies that are changing the prognosis for many patients. ...
Cancer is a daunting diagnosis; however, the rapid advancements in oncology are continuously perfecting patient outcomes and quality of life. ...
The Challenge: One of the most common challenges in immuno-oncology is identifying the indications and patient populations that would benefit from a specific therapy, especially on top of Standard of Care (SOC) treatments. Our platform tackled this challenge of indication prioritization and patient stratification for a combination of a specific ...
Medical History Jane is a 40-year-old, married mother of two teenage boys. She teaches at the local elementary school and has been in good health for most of her life. She has no surgical history. Her most severe ailment up to this point has been the flu at age 27. Her students are first-graders; they are often difficult to control. She also experiences the normal stresses of raising ...
CASE PRESENTATION A 70-year-old female recently diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer presented with acute new onset of lower back pain. The patient was taking chemotherapy, participating in a drug therapy trial, and had received radiation therapy. ...
Amila Patel, PharmD, BCOP, recently presented data on key findings from a recent abstract with Duke Health revealing racial disparities among head and neck cancer populations at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology conference. Our research, along with our partners at Duke Health, found there were significant health care delays for people of color when they tried to ...
Her perspectives will be instrumental as we expand our capabilities for patients, providers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and other industry ...
Recognizing the need to provide additional patient support, many oncology clinics utilize care navigation nurses and have initiated care management programs such as Principal Care Management (PCM) and Chronic Care Management (CCM). ...
Principal Care Management (PCM)1 is designed to reimburse specialty practices for providing needed care management services to their patients. It enables oncology practices to continue providing the care coordination and planning necessary for quality patient care. ...
Just days before the sunset of the CMS Oncology Care Model, CMS announced its new Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM), the new value-based care oncology payment model. ...
Navigating Cancer in collaboration with Texas Oncology executes large-scale patient engagement study revealing high digital health solution engagement while demonstrating the opportunity to increase support for diverse patient populations. ...
Evaluating mass implementation of digital health solutions to improve quality and reduce disparities in a large multisite community oncology practice (Oral Presentation) Analyzing patient engagement with digital health tools to facilitate equity across a large statewide community oncology practice (Poster Presentation) Racial disparity in ...
The unexpected variables can then lead to: Inefficient trial design Low patient recruitment Difficulties with data collection and interpretation Sponsor or site budget restraints These concerns are further multiplied in oncology trials, since they require even greater investments of money, time and (human) resources. Planning and executing ...
The advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) has improved the overall survival of patients with a variety of malignancies. However, the problem of drug resistance to ICI therapy remains a major obstacle limiting its clinical application. ...
While new, VeraForm has already been placed in thousands of breast cancer patients to mark the lumpectomy tumor bed cavity. William Chou, M.D., led the effort for radiation oncology, as this patient subsequently received image planning and radiation therapy. ...
Prior to each scheduled oncology visit, patients would report their symptoms on computers and later digital tablets (Patient Care Monitoring) [28]. ...