Retired Ohio physician Paul Davis is facing a heartbreaking choice: Pay $50,000 a week for his cancer treatment or go without, Kaiser Health News reported Feb. 14.

An analysis of 29 cancers across 204 countries found cancer will cost the global economy 25.2 trillion international dollars in the next 30 years.

President Joe Biden had a lesion removed in February, which tested positive for basal cell carcinoma, CBS58 reported March 4.

Michael Zinner, MD, CEO and executive medical director of Miami Cancer Institute and Baptist Health Cancer Care in Miami, spoke with Becker's about managing burnout, things he wishes he learned sooner and the outlook for cancer care. 

Only 21 percent of Americans 45 years old and older have gotten their first colonoscopy on time, a new survey found, yet 59 percent say they are worried about getting colon cancer.

Penn Medicine and the Fox Chase Cancer Center are both working on treatments and models that could intercept cancer in the early stages.

Researchers in England found monitoring the purchase of over-the-counter medications could lead to early detection of ovarian cancer.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is taking a new approach to cancer care by providing low-dose CT-scans in the back of a trailer, Buffalo News reported Feb. 26.

Denver-based Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center opened a dedicated cancer center in the city.

Pancreatic cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., may have a promising new drug treatment, according to researchers.

Small calcium mineral deposits known as microcalcifications could reveal the progression of breast cancer, according to a recent study led by researchers at Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cornell University.

Sutter Health's California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco is touting a treatment that previously took multiple weeks and several visits for early lung cancer patients, which has been reduced to one day thanks to robotic technology.

The American Cancer Society is creating a diversity cancer research training center to remove barriers for underrepresented students wanting to enter oncology.

Researchers found cancer screenings are rebounding, but new advanced cancer diagnoses are not rising, Epic Research reported Feb. 17.

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health requires genomic testing for two cancer drugs, which can determine a patient's metabolism to provide better patient outcomes. 

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers found multiple doses of the COVID-19 vaccine reduced mortality and negative health outcomes in breakthrough cases for cancer patients.

Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., opened a comprehensive breast cancer center Feb. 13. It marks the latest addition to the Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center, the Danville, Pa.-based system said in a news release. 

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health is establishing a $3 million endowed chair named after its retiring medical director, W. Larry Gluck, MD, the Greenville Journal reported Feb. 13.

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A Minnesota court took a five-year-old boy away from his parents after they refused a two-year chemotherapy treatment plan for their son who showed no more signs of Leukemia, Fox9 reported Feb. 7.