OSCO serves as the hub for oncology-related news and advances in Oklahoma. Our organization is made up of clinics and healthcare professionals working together to safeguard the rights of patients and to maintain high medical and ethical standards in the industry.
Merck is pleased to announce that KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) injection 100 mg has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) that is not curable by surgery or radiation. • PD-L1 diagnostic testing is not required prior to initiating treatment with KEYTRUDA in these patients. PD-L1=programmed death ligand […]
Read More...Merck has informed OSCO that the Medicare Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) value has been modified for KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab). The MUE for KEYTRUDA was modified effective July 1, 2020. A list of quarterly Procedure-to-Procedure and MUE version update changes from CMS can be found here. Payer coding and coverage requirements may vary or change over time, so it […]
Read More...Merck has announced that the FDA has approved KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic MSI-H or dMMR colorectal cancer (CRC). MSI-H/dMMR testing is required prior to initiating treatment with KEYTRUDA in these patients. For the MSI-H/dMMR indication, select patients for treatment with KEYTRUDA as a single agent based on MSI-H/dMMR status in […]
Read More...Due to ongoing public health concerns regarding COVID-19 and the concern for the safety and well-being of our members and supporters, OSCO is postponing all in-person events until 2021. Please watch for information about our future events.
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The Oklahoma Society of Clinical Oncology (OSCO) is Oklahoma’s only professional organization that represents all those in oncology. Our membership works to advance the sciences of hematology and oncology and its sub-specialties, and to improve services to the public by studying the socio-economic aspects of the practice of our members.
