Becker's Oncology

Commercial insurers initially rejected 84% of new specialty oral blood cancer drug prescriptions, while Medicare plans rejected 64.9%, according to a study published Sept. 30 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Researchers from Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania analyzed prescription and…

Nebraska Medicine set out to use AI on a job its nurses spend thousands of hours on each year: pulling data from patient charts for its cancer registry. Two months later, the Omaha-based health system pulled the plug. The registry…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic will evaluate a new GE HealthCare SPECT/CT imaging system designed to support theranostics. Mayo Clinic is one of five institutions worldwide participating in GE HealthCare’s clinical evaluation program for the StarGuide GX system, according to an…

Nearly 60% of the time, older breast cancer survivors with high frailty-related needs did not receive Medicare home healthcare, according to a study published Oct. 19 in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers from the University of Maryland…

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center and Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have earned level 7 recognition in the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives’ 2026 Digital Health Most Wired program. The 2026 Digital Health Most Wired survey draws…