Twelve percent of cancer survivors live in poverty, leading to poor health outcomes and an inability to see doctors because of the cost, researchers at the Augusta-based Medical College of Georgia and the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University found.

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia was awarded $12 million from the NIH National Cancer Institute, NBC 29 reported Sept. 14.

Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Wenjian Gan, PhD, received two grants totaling more than $2 million for breast cancer research.

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences appointed Dr. Sunny Singh director of the UAMS Baptists Health Cancer Center, and he is now part of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as a hematologist and oncologist.

President Joe Biden took to the Boston-based John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Sept. 12 to provide an update on his Cancer Moonshot program.

Privately insured patients younger than 65 paid 15 percent or more in out-of-pocket costs for cancer care during a seven-year period, researchers at the American Cancer Society and the Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai researchers found 75 percent of people prefer to do a fecal immunochemical test rather than a colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer.

Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital's revised plan to build a 55,700-square-foot cancer center is facing opposition from residents, the Greenwich Times reported Sept. 12. 

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London found a link between pollution and lung cancer, and a possible solution to prevent it.

Six oncologists have joined new practices or received new appointments since Sept. 7.

Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center received a $78 million gift, the largest single gift in its 47-year history, from Stuart and Molly Sloan.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Cancer appointed James Turkson, PhD, director for diversity, inclusion and strategy.

The FDA is warning healthcare providers about a rare, potential risk for certain cancers in the scar tissue that grows around breast implants, according to a Sept. 8 safety alert.

Salt Lake City-based Huntsman Cancer Institute received $300,000 from the American Cancer Society to expand its patient navigation program to rural cancer patients.

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.