Hersey, Pa.-based Penn State Health broke ground on its new cancer center.

In an age of advanced technology and personalized medicine, curing prostate cancer is not always necessary, the Association of American Medical Colleges said in a June 25 article.

Wu Liu, PhD, a medical physicist who created new imaging techniques and radiation treatments for cancer, died May 14 of brain cancer at 51.

Leaders at the American Society of Clinical Oncology published a formal document June 25 that outlines what the group deems as the most appropriate use of artificial intelligence when it comes to clinical oncology care.

There are predicted to be approximately 1.96 million new cancer cases in 2023, with a projected  609,000 deaths, USA Facts reported.

The Hospital of Central Connecticut, part of Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare, has filed an application with the state seeking permission to relocate its medical oncology service in a move it said will better accommodate expansions, the Hartford Business Journal reported June 21.

Orlando, Fla.-based AdventHealth Cancer Institute launched a first-of-its-kind bladder cancer vaccine trial that will use patient-customized mRNA vaccines.

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of North Carolina, has tapped Robert Ferris, MD, PhD, to become its next executive director, it announced June 19.

Nathan Berger, MD, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center's former chief of the hematology and oncology division, died June 16.

Like many small hospitals, Doylestown (Pa.) Health provides cancer care but often sees patients going to larger centers such as Fox Chase Cancer Center or Penn Medicine, both based in Philadelphia. This has led Sean Reinhardt, MD, chief medical officer at Doylestown, to ask, "How can we create a cancer care environment that people want to stay in?"

Pfizer anticipates developing eight or more potential "blockbuster" cancer drugs by 2030.

Kentucky has the highest cancer incidence rate, while Nevada has the lowest, a USAFacts report found.

A National Cancer Institute study found that members of Generation X may be experiencing larger per-capita increases in the incidence of cancer compared to any prior generation.

Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia has been given $10.8 million to further pancreatic cancer research, it announced June 12. 

New York City-based NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center and the University of Glasgow in Scotland developed an artificial intelligence-powered tool that was 99% accurate in distinguishing between two lung cancers.

Baptist Health Lexington in Kentucky will open a new cancer center June 13, integrated within the hospital's $253 million outpatient medical center.

The District of Columbia has the highest number of active oncologists per capita.

President Joe Biden intends to appoint four new members to the National Cancer Advisory Board.

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center named Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare its first care partner, the Hartford Courant reported June 10.

Columbus-based The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute is raising concern over the increasing rates of endometrial cancer, especially among Black women.