Brooke McCormick

20 hours ago | ajmc.com | Mary Caffrey |Brooke McCormick

Can we target HER2 in lung cancer without the adverse effects of today’s drugs? Can an immune checkpoint inhibitor spare more patients with cancer from invasive surgery? Is an off-the-shelf chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapy ready for prime time? These are a few of the questions that will be explored over the next week as the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) hosts its 2025 annual meeting in Chicago.

1 day ago | ajmc.com | Brooke McCormick |Lillian L. Siu

Ahead of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025 in Chicago later this week, program chairs Lillian L. Siu, MD, FAACR, incoming AACR president, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Matthew G. Vander Heiden, MD, PhD, director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), shared with The American Journal of Managed Care® what attendees can expect at this year's meeting.

1 day ago | ajmc.com | Brooke McCormick

Elevated weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) levels are associated with increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among patients with osteoarthritis, according to a study published in BMC Musculoskeletal Diseases.1Osteoarthritis is being increasingly recognized for its association with elevated mortality rates. It frequently occurs alongside other chronic conditions, such as diabetes and obesity, which may increase the risk of early mortality.

2 days ago | ajmc.com | Brooke McCormick

Individuals who were overweight and later became obese in adulthood may have a higher ovarian cancer risk, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology.1Within the ovarian cancer space, there are currently no effective population-based screening methods that reduce mortality, and treatment success is limited. Because of this, the researchers emphasized the need to prioritize the identification of ovarian cancer risk factors to inform primary prevention strategies.

2 days ago | ajmc.com | Brooke McCormick

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, The American Journal of Managed Care® speaks with Brady Post, PhD, assistant professor at Northeastern University and lead author of a study published in this month's issue. His study, "Impact of Hospital-Physician Integration on Medicare Patient Mix," found no evidence that hospital-employed physicians treated a higher proportion of complex patients, at least among those enrolled in traditional Medicare.