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.

Medical oncologist Tiffany Shaw, MD, joined Pasadena, Calif.-based Huntington Cancer Center as the regional medical director for supportive care medicine on Oct. 25.

Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers found 62 percent of women with two types of early-stage breast cancer responded well to chemotherapy and could forgo surgery.

Here are six oncology partnerships and alliances formed since Oct. 4:

Elkton, Md.-based ChristianaCare's Radiation Oncology Center at Union Hospital will close by the end of the year, Cecil Whig reported Oct. 25.

Miami, Fla.-based Mount Sinai Medical Center's Irma and Norman Braman Cancer Center is on schedule to open in September 2025, Miami Today News reported Oct. 25.

Here are five cancer centers in the works or recently opened that Becker's has covered since Oct. 17:

Researchers found physicians discuss sexual health with only 13 percent of women going through cancer treatment, compared with 89 percent of men, U.S. News reported Oct. 25.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals opened its new $10 million immunotherapy cancer center, NBC affiliate WKYC reported Oct. 24.

Here are five hospitals and systems hiring oncologists.

Escanaba, Mich.-based OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group is building a new cancer center where its old kidney dialysis center was located, Radio Results Network reported Oct. 23.

Morgantown-based West Virginia University Health System and WVU Cancer Institute are partnering with the city of Wheeling and the Ohio County Commission to build a new cancer center in Wheeling, W.Va.

A gift from Roy Zuckerberg, a longtime trustee of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, led to the creation of the R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Hospital and the R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center, Long Island Business News reported Oct. 21.

The California Cancer Care Equity Act was signed into law Sept. 27, expanding access to specialized care to Medi-Cal patients with complex cancer, according to the Cancer Care is Different Coalition.

OhioHealth Marion Cancer Center, a $20 million, 24,000-square-foot facility, will open on Oct. 24, Marion Star reported.

Oral anticancer drugs are an increasingly prescribed form of treatment. However, studies found that 10 percent to 20 percent of patients never received the prescription, and New York-based researchers set out to discover why.