![Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, is director of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Cancer Outcomes Research Program and a professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology.](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2018/10/researchers-question-process-image2-600x400.jpeg)
August 25, 2016
Researchers question process for reviewing coverage of ‘off label’ cancer drug use
In a paper published online by the Journal of the American Medical Association, UNC Lineberger physician-researchers led by Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, raised concerns that there are inconsistencies between the five reference guides, or compendia, that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services uses to determine which drugs it will reimburse for off-label uses in cancer care.