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St. Joseph's, Hackensack Meridian partner on infusion center
Paterson, N.J.-based St. Joseph’s Health and Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health will open an infusion center on the St. Joseph’s Wayne (N.J.) Medical Center campus. -
43% of women know their family's breast cancer history, survey finds
A national survey conducted by Orlando Health Cancer Institute found only 43 percent of women know their family history of breast cancer, and only 32 percent know their individual risk factors for cancer. -
Harms underreported, inconsistent across cancer screening guidelines, study finds
Washington-based researchers found cancer screening guidelines underreport harms related to screening tests and procedures and are inconsistent across cancer types, a study published Sept. 27 in Annals of Internal Medicine found. -
Dr. Leanard Henry named medical director at Georgia facility
Leonard Henry, MD, was named medical director and surgical oncologist at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion in Savannah, Ga., the Savannah Business Journal reported Sept. 27. -
Indiana hospital offers prostate cancer treatment rarely seen in US
Logansport (Ind.) Memorial Hospital is one of the first to offer high intensity focused ultrasound treatments for prostate cancer in the U.S., the Pharos-Tribune reported Sept. 27. -
Cleveland Clinic to form radiation oncology center through $7.9M grant
Cleveland Clinic received a $7.9 million five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish the Radiation Oncology-Biology Integration Network. -
Healthcare consolidation hurts cancer patients, advocates tell The Lancet
Healthcare consolidation can drive up the cost of drugs and treatment for cancer patients, advocates told The Lancet. -
Herpes virus may kill cancer cells, UK researchers find
The herpes simplex virus has been used to shrink and kill cancer tumors in a trial in the United Kingdom, the BBC reported Sept. 23. -
Cleveland Clinic gets $7.9M NIH grant for precision cancer medicine
Cleveland Clinic has received a $7.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to further its use of precision medicine and data to treat cancer. -
Biden wants cancer-detecting blood tests — scientists say it's not that simple
President Joe Biden wants to foster research into developing blood tests that detect cancer as part of the Cancer Moonshot program, but scientists say identifying cancer's origins is complicated, The Washington Post reported Sept. 22. -
MD Anderson awarded $2.5M for cancer research
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas awarded $2.5 million to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, according to a Sept. 14 news release. -
Oncology groups share new guidelines on pain management
The Society for Integrative Oncology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology published joint guidelines for safely and effectively treating common cancer symptoms and side effects using integrative medicine approaches, SIO reported Sept. 19. -
Jersey Shore U Medical Center awarded national distinction for lung and esophageal cancer programs
Neptune, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval - Lung Cancer Accreditation and Esophageal Cancer Accreditation, according to a press release shared with Becker's Sept 21. -
Cedars-Sinai Cancer leaders take on new roles
Cedars-Sinai Cancer has appointed three leaders to new roles. -
U of Chicago Medicine names Dr. Jasmin Tiro as cancer center prevention and population sciences leader
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center appointed Jasmin Tiro, PhD, as associate director of cancer prevention and population sciences. -
Researchers may have discovered how prostate cancer starts — and your prostate could be to blame
U.K.-based University of East Anglia researchers discovered that men with prostate cancer have a different prostate environment than men without prostate cancer. -
Unhealthy gut helps breast cancer spread, study finds
An unhealthy gut can trigger changes in breast tissue, leading to breast cancer metastasis, research by UVA Cancer Center found. -
Cancer death rates fall thanks to new treatments and screenings
Death rates from cancer have fallen over the past two decades, resulting in more than 18 million cancer survivors in the U.S. — up from three million in 1971. New treatments and screenings are to thank, NBC News reported Sept. 12. -
New Jersey medical center breaks ground on $225M cancer center
Livingston, N.J.-based Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center broke ground this week on its $225 million, five-story, 137,000-square-foot cancer center. -
Siteman, U of Missouri collaborate to improve cancer prevention
Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis and University of Missouri Health Care's Ellis Fischel Cancer Center in Columbia are collaborating on initiatives to improve cancer prevention across Missouri.
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