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.

Cleveland Clinic is moving forward with its triple-negative breast cancer vaccine in a 1b trial.

Lexington-based University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center received a $1.6 million gift to establish the John R. van Nagell, Jr. Chair in Gynecologic Oncology.

Ohio State University and Indiana University researchers took a closer look at delays in cancer screenings brought on by COVID-19, revealing that as high as 36 percent of certain screenings were delayed.

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The Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance is recommending an aggressive ovarian cancer prevention strategy: Remove a patient's fallopian tubes if that person is undergoing pelvic surgery, The Washington Post reported Feb. 2.

One year after reigniting the Cancer Moonshot goal, the White House has announced 13 more initiatives to further reduce cancer death rates and improve the experience for families surviving cancer.

City of Hope today announced that its subsidiary, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, will soon undergo a large-scale rebrand. This comes as a part of the next phase in the health system's integration with CTCA, which it acquired just under one year ago.

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