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Dr Howard K. Kaufman Explains the Importance of Diagnostics on Precision Medicine
The evolving field of precision medicine is very much reliant on diagnostics, Howard K. Kaufman, MD, FACS, chief surgical officer and associate director for clinical science at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, said at The American Journal of Managed Care's Patient-Centered Oncology Care meeting.
The evolving field of precision medicine is really reliant on diagnostics, Howard K. Kaufman, MD, FACS, chief surgical officer and associate director for clinical science at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, said at The American Journal of Managed Care’s Patient-Centered Oncology Care meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, November 13-14.
Diagnostics can define mutations and genetics of an individual tumor and allow providers to design therapeutic plans as a result.
“As drugs get developed, I think having companion diagnostics, or some connection to that field is going to be increasingly important,” he said.
Exploring Racial, Ethnic Disparities in Cancer Care Prior Authorization Decisions
October 24th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the author of a study published in the October 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® that explored prior authorization decisions in cancer care by race and ethnicity for commercially insured patients.
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