The Timken Family Cancer Center — the latest addition to Aultman Hospital's campus in Canton, Ohio — will accept its first patients Sept. 12, The Repository reported Sept. 7.

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and RWJBarnabas Health named Matthew Matasar, MD, MS, as chief of blood disorders.

Atlanta-based Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University named Reshma Jagsi, MD, as chair of the department of radiation oncology, effective Nov. 7.

Richmond, Va.-based VCU Massey Cancer Center and VCU Health appointed Paula Fracasso, MD, PhD, deputy director of the cancer center and senior vice president of the cancer service line at VCU Health.

Researchers at the Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital found early-onset cancers diagnosed before age 50 are on the rise.

The Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center joined the Caris Precision Oncology alliance.

An analysis of two studies published in The BMJ found eating a lot of ultra-processed foods significantly increased the risk of colorectal cancer for men and heart disease for both men and women, CNN reported Sep. 1.

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Manhattan, N.Y.-based Lenox Hill Hospital opened a brain and spine metastasis program for patients suffering from metastatic cancer of the central nervous system, it said in a press release shared with Becker's.

The Austin-based University of Texas System Board of Regents approved a $145.7 million cancer and surgery center at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's McAllen Academic Medical Campus, MyRGV News reported Aug. 30.

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Lawrence, Kan.-based LMH Health received $2 million from the Kansas City-based Sunderland Foundation to expand and update its cancer center, WIBW reported Aug. 29.

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A researcher at the University of Hawai'i Cancer Center received a $2.8 million grant to develop a school- and culturally-based e-cigarette prevention intervention program for rural youths in the state.

New York Cancer & Blood Specialists and Brooklyn Hospital Center opened their Brooklyn Cancer Center on Aug. 25.

Advocate Radiation Oncology opened a new cancer center in West Palm Beach, Fla., the Town-Crier reported Aug. 25.

Researchers at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a deep learning algorithm that can identify and outline a non-small cell lung cancer tumor on a CT scan within seconds, Science Daily reported Aug. 24.

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System is expanding its cancer care to rural areas of Southwest Louisiana, 7KPLC reported Aug. 23.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center reopened an expanded care center Aug. 22 for patients with head and neck cancers, The Buffalo News reported Aug. 23.

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy uses a patients' T-cells to fight cancer. Although more than half of recipients go into remission, the treatment costs $375,000 to $475,000, NBC News reported.