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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Josh Friedman |Heather Biele |Fumiko Chino
Key takeaways: Reducing burnout must be an organizational strategy. Valuing oncologists’ time is a critical component of this. Ishwaria M. Subbiah, MD, MS, FASCO, is a third-generation health care professional and second-generation medical oncologist. “I don’t have a memory where taking care of patients wasn’t a part of [my life],” Subbiah, a medical oncologist and palliative care physician based in Nashville, told Healio.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Josh Friedman |Mindy Valcarcel |Fumiko Chino
Fumiko Chino, MD, FASCO I was a bit surprised by how often peer review was changing plans, with about the 10% or more considered “major” plan changes. My bias is in my experience. I’ve always treated at large academic cancer centers with deep organ expertise. In that situation, radiation plans are very specialized. Physicians are very familiar with the literature and the changes of technology. Our peer review process is quite rigorous, but we rarely have major changes.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Fumiko Chino |Nathan Gray
Prior authorization: For patients and doctors, insurance can be an unfair game Dr. Nathan Gray A man with wrestles with his insurance company for access to medications to manage his excruciating pain. An oncologist is forced to delay needed treatments while arguing for health insurance approval for weeks.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Kanan Shah |Fumiko Chino |Mylin A. Torres |Reshma Jagsi
Key PointsQUESTION How does the representation of Asian American individuals in the US allopathic physician workforce vary when disaggregated by specific subgroups? FINDINGS This cross-sectional study analyzed 94 934 medical school applicants, 39 849 matriculants, 37 579 graduates, 229 899 residents, and 297 413 faculty identifying as Asian between 2013 to 2021.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Stephanie Wang |Fumiko Chino |Edward Christopher Dee
Financial Toxicity Among Asian American Cancer Survivors Asian American individuals compose a diverse race and ethnic group representing 8% of the US population, among whom 60% are recent immigrants.1 Cancer is the leading cause of death among many Asian American groups, who experience heterogeneous cancer risk, incidence, and outcomes, including on average low screening rates.1 Asian American individuals face numerous and often overlooked health equity gaps, including financial toxicity of...
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Jacob Y. Shin |Fumiko Chino |John Cuaron |Charles Krauthammer Washington
Key PointsQuestion Is insurance denial associated with radiation oncology treatment? Findings In this single-institution cohort analysis of 206 cases, most insurance denials in radiation oncology were ultimately reversed on appeal; however, radiation therapy technique and/or effectiveness may be compromised by payer-mandated changes with resultant delays, reduced dose, or less conformal treatment delivery.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | John Cuaron |Sean McBride |Fumiko Chino |Dhwani Parikh
Key PointsQuestion How do patients receiving radiation oncology care with fully remote physician management rate their satisfaction with this option, and what are the associated safety events, financial implications, and environmental consequences? Findings In this cohort study of 2817 patients, more than 99% of safety events did not reach patients or caused no harm to patients and 98% of patient ratings of satisfaction with fully remote management were good to very good.
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May 16, 2024 | 
healio.com | Josh Friedman |Mindy Valcarcel |Fumiko Chino
You've successfully added Gynecologic Cancer to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Key takeaways: Genital talc, douching had positive associations with ovarian cancer. Neither intimate care product had associations with breast or uterine cancer.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | K. Robin Yabroff |Joanna F. Doran |Jingxuan Zhao |Fumiko Chino
The rising costs of cancer care in the United States are well documented.1-3 Cancer treatments can result in substantial out-of-pocket costs3 and financial toxicity4, 5 for patients and their families.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
healio.com | Fumiko Chino |Mindy Valcarcel |Rachelle Monteau
You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. There are many aspects of my identity as a Black female medical student. I am in my second year at City University of New York (CUNY) School of Medicine and the child of Haitian immigrants, living in New York City.
