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News
10/16/2024
Grace Taylor, MS, MA
A study presented at the 2024 ASCO Quality Care Symposium highlights gaps in palliative care access and education for patients with small cell lung cancer and their caregivers, emphasizing the urgent need for improved outreach and support in...
A study presented at the 2024 ASCO Quality Care Symposium highlights gaps in palliative care access and education for patients with small cell lung cancer and their caregivers, emphasizing the urgent need for improved outreach and support in...
A study presented at the 2024...
10/16/2024
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Trending From ACCC
06/05/2023
This column describes the findings from 2022 Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) surveys with patients and providers that aimed to define the barriers that patients with small cell lung cancer face. The surveys gathered real-world...
This column describes the findings from 2022 Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) surveys with patients and providers that aimed to define the barriers that patients with small cell lung cancer face. The surveys gathered real-world...
This column describes the...
06/05/2023
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Conference Coverage
12/13/2022
Katie Herman
Jennifer R Brown and colleagues presented PFS data from the ALPINE study which compared zanubrutinib with ibrutinib as treatment for R/R CLL/SLL at the 64th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Jennifer R Brown and colleagues presented PFS data from the ALPINE study which compared zanubrutinib with ibrutinib as treatment for R/R CLL/SLL at the 64th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Jennifer R Brown and colleagues...
12/13/2022
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Jerome Goldschmidt, MD
Videos
03/25/2022
Jerome Goldschmidt, MD, discusses recent study findings that suggest patients with small cell lung cancer receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy with or without atezolizumab may experience more clinical burdens and more financial toxicity.
Jerome Goldschmidt, MD, discusses recent study findings that suggest patients with small cell lung cancer receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy with or without atezolizumab may experience more clinical burdens and more financial toxicity.
Jerome Goldschmidt, MD,...
03/25/2022
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
12/22/2021
Janelle Bradley
Adding durvalumab to etoposide and platinum is not cost-effective compared with etoposide and platinum alone for patients with newly diagnosed extensive-stage SCLC from a US payer perspective.
Adding durvalumab to etoposide and platinum is not cost-effective compared with etoposide and platinum alone for patients with newly diagnosed extensive-stage SCLC from a US payer perspective.
Adding durvalumab to etoposide...
12/22/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
12/03/2021
Marta Rybczynski
Results from a real-world study show anlotinib is beneficial for patients with refractory SCLC as third- or further-line treatment with manageable adverse effects.
Results from a real-world study show anlotinib is beneficial for patients with refractory SCLC as third- or further-line treatment with manageable adverse effects.
Results from a real-world study...
12/03/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Quiz
11/18/2021
True or False: The increase in the use of carboplatin and brain imaging at diagnosis in patients with SCLC from 2000 to 2021 has not demonstrated a significant impact on survival.
True or False: The increase in the use of carboplatin and brain imaging at diagnosis in patients with SCLC from 2000 to 2021 has not demonstrated a significant impact on survival.
True or False: The increase in...
11/18/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Quiz
11/15/2021
True or False: Nivolumab monotherapy is not considered cost-effective compared to commonly prescribed third-line treatment for the treatment of small cell lung cancer.
True or False: Nivolumab monotherapy is not considered cost-effective compared to commonly prescribed third-line treatment for the treatment of small cell lung cancer.
True or False: Nivolumab...
11/15/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
10/22/2021
Marta Rybczynski
Study findings suggest that changes in the clinical management of patients with SCLC over the last 20 years have not had a significant impact on survival.
Study findings suggest that changes in the clinical management of patients with SCLC over the last 20 years have not had a significant impact on survival.
Study findings suggest that...
10/22/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
David Tsui, MD
Videos
10/04/2021
David Chun Cheong Tsui, MD, discusses results from a real-world study exploring the adoption and early clinical outcomes of atezolizumab plus carboplatin and etoposide in patients with extensive-stage SCLC.
David Chun Cheong Tsui, MD, discusses results from a real-world study exploring the adoption and early clinical outcomes of atezolizumab plus carboplatin and etoposide in patients with extensive-stage SCLC.
David Chun Cheong Tsui, MD,...
10/04/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
09/07/2021
A recent study revealed that nivolumab monotherapy is a more cost-effective treatment option compared to topotecan for the third-line treatment of SCLC.
A recent study revealed that nivolumab monotherapy is a more cost-effective treatment option compared to topotecan for the third-line treatment of SCLC.
A recent study revealed that...
09/07/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways

News Articles

News
10/16/2024
Grace Taylor, MS, MA
A study presented at the 2024 ASCO Quality Care Symposium highlights gaps in palliative care access and education for patients with small cell lung cancer and their caregivers, emphasizing the urgent need for improved outreach and support in...
A study presented at the 2024 ASCO Quality Care Symposium highlights gaps in palliative care access and education for patients with small cell lung cancer and their caregivers, emphasizing the urgent need for improved outreach and support in...
A study presented at the 2024...
10/16/2024
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Conference Coverage
12/13/2022
Katie Herman
Jennifer R Brown and colleagues presented PFS data from the ALPINE study which compared zanubrutinib with ibrutinib as treatment for R/R CLL/SLL at the 64th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Jennifer R Brown and colleagues presented PFS data from the ALPINE study which compared zanubrutinib with ibrutinib as treatment for R/R CLL/SLL at the 64th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Jennifer R Brown and colleagues...
12/13/2022
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
12/22/2021
Janelle Bradley
Adding durvalumab to etoposide and platinum is not cost-effective compared with etoposide and platinum alone for patients with newly diagnosed extensive-stage SCLC from a US payer perspective.
Adding durvalumab to etoposide and platinum is not cost-effective compared with etoposide and platinum alone for patients with newly diagnosed extensive-stage SCLC from a US payer perspective.
Adding durvalumab to etoposide...
12/22/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
12/03/2021
Marta Rybczynski
Results from a real-world study show anlotinib is beneficial for patients with refractory SCLC as third- or further-line treatment with manageable adverse effects.
Results from a real-world study show anlotinib is beneficial for patients with refractory SCLC as third- or further-line treatment with manageable adverse effects.
Results from a real-world study...
12/03/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
10/22/2021
Marta Rybczynski
Study findings suggest that changes in the clinical management of patients with SCLC over the last 20 years have not had a significant impact on survival.
Study findings suggest that changes in the clinical management of patients with SCLC over the last 20 years have not had a significant impact on survival.
Study findings suggest that...
10/22/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
09/07/2021
A recent study revealed that nivolumab monotherapy is a more cost-effective treatment option compared to topotecan for the third-line treatment of SCLC.
A recent study revealed that nivolumab monotherapy is a more cost-effective treatment option compared to topotecan for the third-line treatment of SCLC.
A recent study revealed that...
09/07/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
09/01/2021
Study findings suggest durvalumab plus chemotherapy is not a cost-effective first-line treatment option for patients with extensive-stage SCLC.
Study findings suggest durvalumab plus chemotherapy is not a cost-effective first-line treatment option for patients with extensive-stage SCLC.
Study findings suggest...
09/01/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
08/05/2021
Study findings suggest atezolizumab plus etoposide and platinum chemotherapy is superior to durvalumab plus etoposide and platinum chemotherapy for treating extensive-stage SCLC, though neither strategy was cost-effective compared to...
Study findings suggest atezolizumab plus etoposide and platinum chemotherapy is superior to durvalumab plus etoposide and platinum chemotherapy for treating extensive-stage SCLC, though neither strategy was cost-effective compared to...
Study findings suggest...
08/05/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
08/04/2021
Study findings show third-line treatment with nivolumab was more effective than standard of care therapy for patients with SCLC in the United States.
Study findings show third-line treatment with nivolumab was more effective than standard of care therapy for patients with SCLC in the United States.
Study findings show third-line...
08/04/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
07/22/2021
A recent systematic review on real-world treatment patterns and outcomes in patients with SCLC found that studies conducted over the last 20 years have failed to report on the impact of recently approved immune-oncology therapies.
A recent systematic review on real-world treatment patterns and outcomes in patients with SCLC found that studies conducted over the last 20 years have failed to report on the impact of recently approved immune-oncology therapies.
A recent systematic review on...
07/22/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Clinical Pathways NEXT, Free Webinar, CPC, Oncology Pathways
Press Release
02/03/2026
As oncology innovation accelerates and evidence evolves faster than traditional pathway update cycles, stakeholders need clearer insight into how clinical pathways adapt in real time. Clinical Pathways NEXT, a new, free quarterly virtual...
As oncology innovation accelerates and evidence evolves faster than traditional pathway update cycles, stakeholders need clearer insight into how clinical pathways adapt in real time. Clinical Pathways NEXT, a new, free quarterly virtual...
As oncology innovation...
02/03/2026
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
01/23/2026
Hannah Musick
A comprehensive review highlights emerging adoptive cell therapy strategies aimed at overcoming immune suppression, antigen heterogeneity, and safety challenges in ovarian cancer.
A comprehensive review highlights emerging adoptive cell therapy strategies aimed at overcoming immune suppression, antigen heterogeneity, and safety challenges in ovarian cancer.
A comprehensive review...
01/23/2026
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
01/22/2026
Lisa Kuhns, PhD, MD
Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees with colorectal cancer (CRC) and advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were less likely than traditional Medicare (TM) beneficiaries to receive cancer-directed drugs and, when treated, were less likely...
Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees with colorectal cancer (CRC) and advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were less likely than traditional Medicare (TM) beneficiaries to receive cancer-directed drugs and, when treated, were less likely...
Medicare Advantage (MA)...
01/22/2026
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
01/19/2026
Grace Taylor, MS, MA
A national Medicare study found that patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage were significantly less likely than those in traditional Medicare to receive major cancer surgery at high-quality hospitals, highlighting potential network-related...
A national Medicare study found that patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage were significantly less likely than those in traditional Medicare to receive major cancer surgery at high-quality hospitals, highlighting potential network-related...
A national Medicare study found...
01/19/2026
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
01/14/2026
Grace Taylor, MS, MA
McKesson’s Advancing Community Oncology Report 2025 reveals how community oncology practices across the US are navigating rapid advances in precision medicine, clinical trials, and technology as they care for the majority of cancer patients.
McKesson’s Advancing Community Oncology Report 2025 reveals how community oncology practices across the US are navigating rapid advances in precision medicine, clinical trials, and technology as they care for the majority of cancer patients.
McKesson’s Advancing Community...
01/14/2026
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
01/12/2026
Hannah Musick
The American Cancer Society’s 2025 report reveals that education level and rural residence drive larger US cancer mortality disparities than race alone, underscoring the central role of socioeconomic and geographic inequities across the...
The American Cancer Society’s 2025 report reveals that education level and rural residence drive larger US cancer mortality disparities than race alone, underscoring the central role of socioeconomic and geographic inequities across the...
The American Cancer Society’s...
01/12/2026
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
01/08/2026
Grace Taylor, MS, MA
Real-world data from 6 US cancer centers show no significant survival differences between atezolizumab/bevacizumab and durvalumab/tremelimumab as first-line therapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC), with liver function...
Real-world data from 6 US cancer centers show no significant survival differences between atezolizumab/bevacizumab and durvalumab/tremelimumab as first-line therapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC), with liver function...
Real-world data from 6 US cancer...
01/08/2026
Journal of Clinical Pathways
News
01/07/2026
Grace Taylor, MS, MA
Nearly half of patients referred for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy at a major academic cancer center never received treatment, with disease progression, limited product availability, and potential racial disparities...
Nearly half of patients referred for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy at a major academic cancer center never received treatment, with disease progression, limited product availability, and potential racial disparities...
Nearly half of patients referred...
01/07/2026
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Conference Coverage
12/22/2025
Juliet Gallagher
Minimal residual disease (MRD) status is an increasingly important prognostic marker in multiple myeloma. New data from the phase 3 AURIGA study, presented at ASH 2025, provide detailed insights into MRD dynamics following autologous stem...
Minimal residual disease (MRD) status is an increasingly important prognostic marker in multiple myeloma. New data from the phase 3 AURIGA study, presented at ASH 2025, provide detailed insights into MRD dynamics following autologous stem...
Minimal residual disease (MRD)...
12/22/2025
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Conference Coverage
12/19/2025
Grace Taylor, MS, MA
New insights into iron biology reveal that continuous suppression of toxic, reactive iron—rather than reduction of total iron stores—is critical for preventing organ damage and improving outcomes across transfusion-dependent hematologic...
New insights into iron biology reveal that continuous suppression of toxic, reactive iron—rather than reduction of total iron stores—is critical for preventing organ damage and improving outcomes across transfusion-dependent hematologic...
New insights into iron biology...
12/19/2025
Journal of Clinical Pathways

Interactive Features

Quiz
11/18/2021
True or False: The increase in the use of carboplatin and brain imaging at diagnosis in patients with SCLC from 2000 to 2021 has not demonstrated a significant impact on survival.
True or False: The increase in the use of carboplatin and brain imaging at diagnosis in patients with SCLC from 2000 to 2021 has not demonstrated a significant impact on survival.
True or False: The increase in...
11/18/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Quiz
11/15/2021
True or False: Nivolumab monotherapy is not considered cost-effective compared to commonly prescribed third-line treatment for the treatment of small cell lung cancer.
True or False: Nivolumab monotherapy is not considered cost-effective compared to commonly prescribed third-line treatment for the treatment of small cell lung cancer.
True or False: Nivolumab...
11/15/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Quiz
08/30/2021
True or False: Nivolumab is less effective than standard of care for the third-line treatment of SCLC.
True or False: Nivolumab is less effective than standard of care for the third-line treatment of SCLC.
True or False: Nivolumab is less...
08/30/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Quiz
07/15/2021
True or False: Prophylactic cranial irradiation is cost-effective compared with MRI surveillance for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
True or False: Prophylactic cranial irradiation is cost-effective compared with MRI surveillance for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
True or False: Prophylactic...
07/15/2021
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Test Your Knowledge
08/01/2019
True or false: Patients with SCLC undergoing radiotherapy twice daily are more likely to have brain metastases after prophylactic cranial irradiation than those given radiotherapy once daily.
True or false: Patients with SCLC undergoing radiotherapy twice daily are more likely to have brain metastases after prophylactic cranial irradiation than those given radiotherapy once daily.
True or false: Patients with...
08/01/2019
Oncology
Quiz
09/29/2025
True or False: The Rural Health Transformation Program, announced by CMS under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, will allocate $50 billion beginning in fiscal year 2026, with funding distributed evenly across all states regardless of...
True or False: The Rural Health Transformation Program, announced by CMS under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, will allocate $50 billion beginning in fiscal year 2026, with funding distributed evenly across all states regardless of...
True or False: The Rural Health...
09/29/2025
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Quiz
09/18/2025
Learn more about the Predictable Cost of Care (PCOC) model and its applications in value-based care.
Learn more about the Predictable Cost of Care (PCOC) model and its applications in value-based care.
Learn more about the Predictable...
09/18/2025
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Quiz
08/27/2025
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines Navigator is a new interactive digital platform that delivers evidence-based oncology recommendations and is currently available for all 88 NCCN guideline sets.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines Navigator is a new interactive digital platform that delivers evidence-based oncology recommendations and is currently available for all 88 NCCN guideline sets.
The National Comprehensive...
08/27/2025
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Quiz
08/12/2025
Between 2018 and 2023, which of the following trends was observed in the delivery of specialty palliative care (PC) among Medicare beneficiaries with poor-prognosis cancers?
Between 2018 and 2023, which of the following trends was observed in the delivery of specialty palliative care (PC) among Medicare beneficiaries with poor-prognosis cancers?
Between 2018 and 2023, which of...
08/12/2025
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Quiz
07/30/2025
Learn more about how clinical pathways are helping multidisciplinary teams standardize cancer care, reduce costs, and improve outcomes—and why aligning them with evidence-based guidelines is essential in today’s value-based healthcare...
Learn more about how clinical pathways are helping multidisciplinary teams standardize cancer care, reduce costs, and improve outcomes—and why aligning them with evidence-based guidelines is essential in today’s value-based healthcare...
Learn more about how clinical...
07/30/2025
Journal of Clinical Pathways
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11/28/2022
  Indication SARCLISA (isatuximab-irfc) is indicated: In combination with carfilzomib and dexamethasone, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received 1 to 3 prior lines of...
  Indication SARCLISA (isatuximab-irfc) is indicated: In combination with carfilzomib and dexamethasone, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received 1 to 3 prior lines of...
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11/28/2022
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Quiz
07/26/2022
True or False: Medicaid beneficiaries with advanced non-small cell lung cancer were less likely to receive biomarker testing and biomarker-driven therapies compared to those with commercial insurance.
True or False: Medicaid beneficiaries with advanced non-small cell lung cancer were less likely to receive biomarker testing and biomarker-driven therapies compared to those with commercial insurance.
True or False: Medicaid...
07/26/2022
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Quiz
07/14/2022
True or False: Among daratumumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone triple therapy (DRd); bortezomib and lenalidomide plus dexamethasone triple therapy (VRd); and Rd, the most cost-effective treatment regimen in patients with newly diagnosed...
True or False: Among daratumumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone triple therapy (DRd); bortezomib and lenalidomide plus dexamethasone triple therapy (VRd); and Rd, the most cost-effective treatment regimen in patients with newly diagnosed...
True or False: Among...
07/14/2022
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Quiz
07/12/2022
True or False: About 34% of commercially insured patients with ovarian cancer receive germline BRCA testing.
True or False: About 34% of commercially insured patients with ovarian cancer receive germline BRCA testing.
True or False: About 34% of...
07/12/2022
Journal of Clinical Pathways