Boston-based Mass General Cancer Center researchers found that statins may help prevent the development of two cancers that result from chronic inflammation.

There has been an uptick in aggressive, late-stage and rare cancers since the pandemic, and some point to COVID-19 as a possible link to the increase, The Washington Post reported June 6.

 Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, N.M. — a 200-bed facility operated by Lifepoint Health — has been accused of turning away cancer patients, or demanding upfront payments before providing care, according to a June 5 report from NBC News based on interviews with patients and current and former clinicians. 

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and National Cancer Institute researchers created an artificial intelligence tool that uses routine clinical data to predict the best immunotherapy drug and how a patient's cancer will respond to it.

University of Virginia Cancer Center is launching a partnership with seven federally qualified health centers across Virginia to increase cancer screening rates. 

More cancer centers are turning to telehealth to expand their reach, with promising results for patients.

Cancer experts are increasingly optimistic about the potential for antibody-drug conjugates to become a standard treatment approach. The therapies involve attaching chemotherapy to an antibody to deliver targeted doses of chemo to cancer cells, with fewer side effects. 

There's an aspect of patient life that many hospitals forget when creating a cancer treatment plan — fertility.

Little Rock-based The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences created the Omar T. Atiq, MD, MACP, Distinguished Chair in Physician Leadership and appointed Dr. Atiq as the inaugural chair.

For the first time, a large study of young women had no new cases of cervical cancer after receiving the human papillomavirus vaccine.

Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center has documented the first case of myxoid leiomyosarcoma in the rectum.

Patients who live farther away from a designated comprehensive cancer center may be more likely to receive a late-stage diagnosis, according to an analysis of medical records from researchers at Baltimore-based John Hopkins Medicine.

Rising drug prices and inflationary effects have escalated the price tag of a cancer diagnosis for both hospitals and patients. Now, 47% of cancer patients accumulate debt as a result of their medical needs, The Wall Street Journal reported May 28. 

In April, the FDA published three new draft guidelines for cancer clinical trial eligibility criteria that aim to improve the representation of participants.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has reduced the number of days that pancreatic cancer patients wait until they receive a biopsy, oncology visit and treatment initiation with its new navigation and artificial intelligence program.

FDA advisers have recommended the approval of Guardant Health's blood test to detect colon or rectal cancers — but it also raised some concerns, NBC News reported May 23.

A recent study from the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center found that women oncologists who graduated from international medical schools report experiencing roughly 10 times as much discrimination as their male counterparts.

UC San Francisco is launching the first long-term study of cancer among Asian Americans.

The Markey Cancer Center in Lexington, Ky., part of the University of Kentucky, has inked a new partnership with Ukraine's Kyiv Regional Oncology Dispensary, according to a May 22 news release.

Oncologist depression rates remained steady compared to 2023, hovering around 20%, according to a Medscape report.