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2023 ASCO Quality Care Symposium

Breast Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Gynecologic Cancers
Issues in Oncology

Insurance Coverage Disruptions May Reduce Rate of Cancer Screenings

Investigators have found that U.S. adult patients with prior insurance coverage disruptions may be less likely to receive guideline-concordant and past-year cancer screenings compared with those with ...

Lung Cancer
Skin Cancer
Cost of Care

Patients With Newly Diagnosed NSCLC or Melanoma May Receive Limited Documentation of Treatment Cost Discussions

Investigators have uncovered that only about 25% of patients newly diagnosed with advanced cancer have documented physician discussions about the costs of care, which may make it more difficult to ide...

Cost of Care
Survivorship

Role of Crowdfunding Campaigns in Covering Medical Expenses for Cancer Survivors

Investigators have discovered that cancer survivors in the United States may be increasingly utilizing crowdfunding campaigns like GoFundMe to help cover the costs of medical and other basic household...

Genomics/Genetics
Kidney Cancer
Immunotherapy

Two New Studies Using CancerLinQ Data

Two new studies—presented by Drumheller et al and Vento et al at the 2023 ASCO Quality Care Symposium—utilized data from ASCO’s CancerLinQ® database (Abstracts 418 and 532). One study revealed deficie...

Solid Tumors
Issues in Oncology
Immunotherapy

Text Message–Based Prescreening Could Benefit Patients Receiving Immunotherapy

Researchers have found that a text message–based program in combination with routine laboratory testing could safely accelerate patients to treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors, eliminate the n...

Head and Neck Cancer
Supportive Care

Yoga-Based Supportive Care May Prevent Treatment-Related Complications in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Yoga-based supportive care may help alleviate the negative side effects of radiation treatment, decrease the use of feeding tube placements, and reduce emergency department visits in patients with hea...

Supportive Care
Symptom Management
Solid Tumors

Mind-Body Fitness Classes May Reduce Unplanned Hospitalizations, Urgent Care Visits During Cancer Care

Participation in virtual mind-body fitness classes may be effective at reducing hospitalizations, urgent care visits, and the length of hospital stays among patients with cancer by about 50%, accordin...

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