McLaren Flint (Mich.) hospital is embarking on a $46 million project to expand the Karmanos Cancer Institute and the McLaren Proton Therapy Center.

A story about a common vaccine side effect was Becker's most-read oncology story in 2021. 

These fifteen oncologists joined new practices, received new appointments or left their positions over the last few weeks.

Recent studies from Yale Cancer Center have focused on telemedicine health visits by race, the effect of a diabetes drug on breast cancer and more. 

Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare received a $1.1 million grant from the Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation to establish a first-of-its-kind translational cancer fellowship focusing on cancer stem cell research, the system said Dec. 9.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is recommending the state allocate $100 million for cancer research and care in the state's upcoming budget, according to Mr. DeSantis' wife, Casey DeSantis.

Here are four hospitals and health systems that have expanded their cancer care facilities, opened new facilities, or shared plans to open new centers since Nov. 10. 

Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer research and treatment organization, announced Dec. 8 it will acquire Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a national network of oncology hospitals and outpatient care centers.

The American Cancer Society named five new members to its board of directors, with all terms beginning on Jan. 1, the organization said Dec. 7.

Here are four cancer-related partnerships formed since Nov. 9.  

The American Cancer Society has named Arif Kamal, MD, the organization's first chief patient officer, it said Dec. 6. 

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine announced five new physicians leading the institution's cancer care teams in a Dec. 3 blog post. 

These eight oncologists joined new practices, received new appointments or left their positions over the last few weeks.

Scott Lippman, MD, will step down as director of Moores Cancer Center at University of California-San Diego Health once a successor is found, according to a Nov. 29 news release.

News regarding an ethics complaint against MD Anderson was Becker's most-read oncology story in November.

Cancer treatment must be balanced with equal efforts to prevent and control its occurrence, researchers wrote in a report published Nov. 30 in Translational Behavioral Medicine. 

NYU Langone Health’s Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center opened a new center dedicated to blood and marrow transplants, according to a Nov. 29 press release.

Treatment with antihistamines was associated with improved responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to an MD Anderson study published Nov. 24 in Cancer Cell.

Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter's Health named Elizabeth Bigger, MD, the system's new oncologist and hematologist, according to a Nov. 22 press release.

Tara Henderson, MD, has been named the new service line chief of Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases at the Chicagoland Children’s Health Alliance and section chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation at University of Chicago Medicine, according to a Nov. 22 press release.