PI3K Inhibition May Fuel Cancer Rather Than Fight It
July 6th 2015A study, by M. Cecilia Cano, PhD, et al at the Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, has shown that monotherapy treatment with PI3K inhibitors may worsen a patient’s cancer by causing more aggressive tumor cell behavior and increasing the likelihood of metastases to other organs.
Targeted Treatments Dominate Spending Landscape in Oncology
May 21st 2015A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, May 18, 2015, details payer cost and use, as well as out-of-pocket (OOP) spending, for privately insured nonelderly patients receiving oral or intravenous (IV) chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer.