General Oncology

Illegitimate Online Pharmacies May Put Cancer Patients at Risk

By

Andrea S. Blevins Primeau, PhD, MBA

Publish Date August 4, 2022

Illegitimate online pharmacies are selling imatinib without a prescription, making false claims about being registered with regulatory bodies, and failing to provide patients with drug-related warnings.

Genetic Alterations ID’d in Many Pediatric Solid Tumors

Publish Date August 3, 2022

86 percent of extracranial solid tumors in pediatric patients had genomic alterations with potential for impact on care.

Health Outcomes Following In Utero Exposure to Maternal Cancer

By

Vicki Moore, PhD

Publish Date August 2, 2022

Researchers in Denmark sought to determine whether in utero exposure to maternal cancer increased risks of overall mortality, somatic diagnoses, and psychiatric diagnoses.

Medically Integrated Dispensing on the Rise in US Oncology Practices

By

Leah Lawrence

Publish Date July 28, 2022

From 2010 to 2019, the percentage of oncology practices with medically integrated dispensing more than doubled.

Race, Ethnicity Underreported in Early Phase Pediatric Cancer Trials

By

Andrea S. Blevins Primeau, PhD, MBA

Publish Date July 26, 2022

Race and ethnicity were reported in less than 25% of the trials studied.