Rinkevics Calls for Urgent Additional Funding for Cancer and Diabetes Patients

Rinkevics calls for urgent additional funding for cancer and diabetes patients

RIGA - President Edgars Rinkevics is calling on the Ministry of Health to find a solution as soon as possible for additional funding for the tre...

Genomic Testing for Cancer Patients Still Rare Despite Medicare Coverage

Only a small percentage of cancer patients covered by Medicare get genomic testing to help guide their treatment, despite a 2018 increase in coverage allowing next generation sequencing testing for this purpose around the U.S. As reported in JAMA Network Open, the adoption of genomic testing in Medicare beneficiaries with cancer has increased from an average of 6.0% in 2016 to 16.7% in 2023. While this is a significant increase, the overall leve…