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Augusta-based MaineGeneral is proposing a $36 million expansion to its Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care to address an increasing number of cancer cases, Bangor Daily News reported Nov. 7.

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health Cancer Center researchers developed an algorithm designed to predict which patients would benefit from kinase inhibitor cancer drugs.

New York City-based Mount Sinai and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers identified therapies that can help patients with recurring blood cancer multiple myeloma who have already tried one form of CAR-T therapy, Science Daily reported Nov. 4.

Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital will begin construction on its $15 million cancer center Nov. 7, auburnpub.com reported.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC is partnering with Dragan Primorac, MD, PhD, a physician and professor in Croatia, to open the first of many cancer centers in the country.

Here are five oncologists starting new roles since Oct. 25:

Jackson-based Children's of Mississippi broke ground on its $5 million renovations to the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, the Clarion Ledger reported Nov. 3.

Cincinnati Children's is about to break ground on 12 extended-stay apartments, which will be used by families of cancer patients treated at the on-site Proton Therapy Center.

Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center named Dr. John Rimmer medical director of its comprehensive breast cancer program.

Orlando (Fla.) Health Cancer Institute launched its Pancreatic Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic on Nov. 2.

Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center launched a lung cancer screening program using low-dose CT scans for San Diego County residents.

Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health created the first preclinical model of appendiceal cancer, opening the door for further research.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic researchers developed new dose rounding rules that saved 9,814 vials of drug and saved more than $7 million in six months.

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health Cancer Center is joining more than 50 cancer organizations to advocate for increased access to and use of low-dose computed tomography scans for lung cancer.

Bozeman-based Montana State University is partnering with Bozeman Health, Dillon's (Mont.) Barrett Hospital and the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Alexandria, Va., to create a model for delivering rural cancer care throughout Montana, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported Oct. 27.

Canton, Ohio-based Timken Foundation donated $5 million to the James P. Allison Institute at Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Cancer death rates decreased by 2.1 percent each year from 2015 to 2019 even as the number of diagnoses remained the same or increased, according to National Cancer Institute researchers.

Here are five oncology studies covered by Becker's since Oct. 17:

Detroit-based Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute completed its $48 million expansion at its Lawrence and Idell Weisberg Cancer Center in Farmington Hills, DBusiness reported Oct. 26.