Virginia Commonwealth University's Massey Cancer Center in Richmond, Va., announced a name change, Sept. 20. It will now become the "VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center." 

Oncologists receive more messages per day than other physicians but spend less time in electronic health records, researchers found.

Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center broke ground on a $668 million research facility Sept. 20, Houston Business Journal reported.

Detroit-based DMC Sinai Grace Hospital will close its outpatient cancer clinic as of Oct. 1, according to a Sept. 19 report from the Detroit Free Press. 

The University of Chicago Medicine broke ground on Chicago's first freestanding cancer care and research pavilion Sept. 19.

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center in Lexington, Ky., has been designated as a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute, according to a Sept. 18 report from the Winchester Sun.

Phone triage nurses at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia voted Sept. 14 to unionize, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Richard Carvajal, MD, was drawn to oncology because of the physician-patient relationship and the significant advances in cancer care driven by a better understanding of cancer biology.

Five U.S. hospitals ranked in the top 10 of Newsweek's 2024 "World's Best Specialized Hospitals."

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is partnering with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to construct a freestanding inpatient cancer hospital in Boston.

Atrium Health is the latest health system to join the CancerX project, an effort that is part of the Biden administration's Cancer Moonshot program, according to a Sept. 13 news release.

The Biden administration is convening a Cancer Cabinet meeting Sept. 13 to unveil new initiatives meant to advance key goals of the Cancer Moonshot of cutting the cancer death rate by at least half within 25 years and improving the lives of people affected by cancer. 

Los Angeles-based City of Hope received a $100 million gift to create a national integrative oncology program that will combine Eastern and Western medicine.

From treating cancer at home to creating faster, more cost-effective ways of detecting cancer early, oncology leaders say there are a number of possibilities to look forward to in the next 50 years.

Shelton "Shelley" Earp, MD, is stepping down as director of the Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, effective June 2024.

Cancer patients are nine times more likely to develop blood clots than non-cancer patients. That finding is what prompted the National Comprehensive Cancer Network to revise treatment guidelines for oncologists, according to a Sept. 7 news release.

Accessing cancer care as a non-English speaking patient has become an "alarming" challenge, according to researchers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. 

Over the past three decades, new cancer cases among people under 50 have risen by a "striking" 79 percent, according to new findings published Sept. 5 in BMJ Oncology. 

Researchers at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital created a microdevice that could help physicians pick the right treatments for glioma tumors.

Here are the top 10 cancer hospitals in North Carolina, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023 annual rankings.