Computed tomography screening has become a benefit for Americans covered by Medicare. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Feb. 5 published a final decision to cover screening of current and former smokers, provided they meet stringent eligibility criteria. Beneficiaries will go through counseling, health professionals will be required to provide documentation that “shared decision-making”...
The cover story in last week’s issue of The Cancer Letter featured a retraction of a Nature Medicine paper demonstrating that giving patients immunochemotherapy before 3:00 p.m. led to massive improvements in overall survival and progression-free survival.
