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Cancer association releases new guidelines on patient financial support
Patients who have a cancer diagnosis and also struggle to find the financial means to pay for needed oncology services tend to have worse outcomes, according to the Association of Community Cancer Centers. Connecting the dots for those patients is the impetus behind the group's newly updated guidelines which are designed to aid programs in determining which patients may need this kind of assistance. -
New York City hospital researchers discover new stem cell
Researchers at New York City's Weill Cornell Medicine and Hospital for Special Surgery uncovered why cancer cells spread to the spine three to five times more than other bones, The Washington Post reported Nov. 28. -
Northwell opens $32M cancer center
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health opened its $32 million cancer center. -
UCLA taps chief of thoracic surgery
Bryan Burt, MD, an internationally renowned surgeon-scientist and surgical oncologist, was named chief of thoracic surgery at UCLA Health. -
FDA investigates potential link between CAR-T therapy and lymphoma
The FDA is investigating several reports of T cell malignancies, lymphoma and other adverse events in clinical trial patients who reported previously receiving certain CAR-T cell immunotherapies for treatment. -
FDA finalizes guidelines on real-time oncology review
The FDA published final guidelines for applicants submitting biologics license applications or new drug applications in its real-time oncology review pilot. -
Vanderbilt physician to head National Cancer Institute
President Joe Biden said Nov. 17 that he intends to tap W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, to lead the National Cancer Institute. -
Dana Farber, Maine hospital partner on cancer care
Portland, Maine-based Northern Light Mercy Hospital is partnering with Boston-based Dana Farber Cancer Institute. -
Youth cancer mortality falls 24%
Youth cancer mortality fell 24% in the past two decades, the CDC's National Center of Health Statistics found. -
Texas cancer center closes, relocates services
Decatur, Texas-based Wise Health System is relocating some of its oncology services and closing its radiation therapy services Dec. 1, The Messenger reported Nov. 15. -
States with the highest, lowest lung cancer survival rates
The national lung cancer five-year survival rate is 26.6%, but most states fall under the average. -
Lung cancer survival rates rise, diagnoses decline
Lung cancer survival rates jumped 4.6 percentage points in the last five years, and diagnosis rates have decreased 8%, according to the American Lung Association's 2023 "State of Lung Cancer" report released Nov. 7. -
NYU Langone streamlines spine radiosurgery treatment to 1 day
New York City-based NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center completed its first same-day spinal radiosurgery treatment for a patient. -
Franciscan Health receives $30M donation for cancer center
Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health Foundation received its largest gift ever, which will be used to create a new cancer center. -
States with the fewest oncologist per capita
Wyoming has the fewest active oncologists per capita, with eight oncologists in the state. -
Single CT scan increases blood cancer risk by 16%: Study
A recent study found that CT scans are linked to an increased risk of blood cancer in young people. -
Dana-Farber gets $72M donation
Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute received a $72 million donation from the Pan-Mass Challenge, an athletic fundraiser. -
MD Anderson to create 1st-of-its-kind oncology nursing institute
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has received a $25 million gift from Howard Meyers to establish a first-of-its-kind institute for oncology nursing. -
RWJBarnabas Health, Rutgers Cancer Institute partner on care programs
RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey are partnering on cancer care and research, including building three new facilities. -
19 recent cancer partnerships
Here are 19 recent cancer center partnerships:
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