Oncologists addressing financial toxicity

Recorded June 30, 2016

For journalists reporting on how payers, providers and patients are promoting discussions about treatment options and costs, AHCJ will host a webinar with Robert W. Carlson, M.D., chief executive officer of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a nonprofit alliance of 27 cancer centers.

NCCN is one of several organizations developing tools for patients to assess the value of cancer treatments and to promote a larger role for patients in making decisions about their treatment options. NCCN has five key measures that correspond to treatment recommendations in the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. Designed to provide the basis for discussion, the measures address the efficacy, safety, and affordability of various treatment regimens and the quality and consistency of the evidence supporting those options

• Robert W. Carlson, M.D., medical oncologist and chief executive officer, National Comprehensive Cancer Network

• Moderator: Joe Burns, AHCJ’s topic leader on health insurance

How to participate

Click here, choose the “Enter as a Guest” option, type in your name and click on the “Enter Room” button. The webcast will start momentarily and will have plenty of time to answer your questions.

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About the speaker

Robert W. Carlson, M.D., is the CEO of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Previously, he served as professor of medicine in the Division of Oncology and Stanford Medical Informatics at Stanford University Medical Center and as medical director of inpatient oncology and hematology at Stanford Cancer Institute.