A recent study found surgery may be an effective alternative to radiation and chemotherapy for patients with early metastatic testicular cancer.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System's esophagectomy program received the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' highest rating, according to an April 4 hospital release.   

The FDA handed Gossamer Bio, a biotech company, a partial clinical hold after two patients died in its BTK inhibitor trial, EndPoints News reported April 3.

HHS has released a national cancer plan, developed by the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute, that aims to "reduce the cancer death rate by at least half within 25 years," which is the goal of President Joe Biden's Cancer Moonshot initiative.

More cancer patients are choosing less treatment in order to maintain their lifestyle, The Wall Street Journal reported April 2.

Roswell, Ga.-based Wellstar North Fulton Hospital opened its $12 million comprehensive cancer center March 23, Appen Media reported.

According to Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, their recent study may upend a long-held theory of chromosome instability contributing to cancer risk for people with short telomeres.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is one of the first pediatric centers to offer Y90 Radioembolization treatment to pediatric patients with liver cancer.

A combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy could help women with advanced endometrial cancer live longer, NBC News reported March 27.

While the new Tisch Cancer Hospital at New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital will not officially open completely until 2027, new "patient-centric" treatment initiatives, inspired by the promise of the state-of-the-art facility, are already being added to protocols at the Tisch Cancer Center.

New breast cancer research out of Johns Hopkins' Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center reveals the cellular, microbial and genomic makeup of cancerous breast tumors differ greatly between white, Black and Asian women. This information "could potentially be used to personalize care or predict disease progression," according to a Johns Hopkins March 27 release. 

When the FDA updated the 1992 Mammography Quality Standards Act to require patients be informed directly if they have dense breasts, the move may have opened a "Pandora's box," Elisa Port, MD, chief of breast surgery at New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and director of the Dubin Breast Center at Mount Sinai, told Becker's.

Plainsboro, N.J.-based Penn Medicine Princeton Cancer Center received $2.5 million to fund its geriatric oncology program.

The FDA issued draft guidance for clinical trials of oncology drugs in the accelerated approval application.

A recent study found that adding gemcitabine antibiotics with chemotherapy can improve survival rates by 11 percent for patients with a subset of pancreatic cancer.

Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is set to open its $320 million, 150,000-square foot clinic building.

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers found a way to reduce cancer diagnosis time from 32 days to 12 for underserved populations, The ASCO Post reported March 22.

A recent study found progestogen-only contraceptives have a similar risk of breast cancer as combined hormone options, NBC News reported March 21.

Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center is trying a less invasive treatment for prostate cancer that does not necessitate removal of the organ, CBS Philadelphia reported March 21.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought on a tidal wave of challenges across all healthcare systems. And cancer hospitals and oncology departments had to manage not only those rapidly increasing concerns but also the critical timeliness associated with managing cancer patients.