Philadelphia-based Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, part of Jefferson Health, joined Caris' Precision Oncology Alliance, according to a May 14 announcement. 

The complexity of cancer care and unwarranted variation in treatment can serve as a barrier to improving care quality. As a result, health systems are increasingly turning to clinical pathways as a way to provide standardized, high-quality care.  

In states that expanded Medicaid eligibility, minority-serving hospitals did not improve average delivery times for cancer treatments, according to research published May 11 in JCO Oncology Practice.  

In an era of infinite challenges and finite resources, health systems must employ a rigorous approach to strategic and facility planning. This is particularly true for oncology, where the pace of change and innovation is unprecedented.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and Cambridge, Mass.-based Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard are aiming to accelerate novel therapeutics for rare cancers by generating a catalog of more than 100 rare cancer models, the organizations announced May 11. 

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute received a $50 million gift to support pancreatic cancer research, the Boston-based organization said May 11.

Here are four recent cancer care-related partnerships and affiliations formed since April 15. 

Wilmington, Del.-based Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute, part of ChristianaCare, will now offer on-site primary care services to cancer patients, becoming one of the first cancer centers in the country to do so, according to a May 10 announcement shared with Becker's. 

Here are six hospitals, health systems and cancer institutes that have expanded their facilities or shared plans to open new centers since April 23.

Studer Family Children's Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart in Pensacola, Fla., is opening a pediatric oncology and hematology center May 10, the Pensacola News Journal reports. 

These five oncology leaders joined new practices or received new appointments over the last few months. 

In an era of infinite challenges and finite resources, health systems must employ a rigorous approach to strategic and facility planning. This is particularly true for oncology, where the pace of change and innovation is unprecedented.

Three cancer centers in the Southeast will work to develop a program that advances veterans' access to lung cancer clinical trials, according to a May 3 announcement. 

As the COVID-19 pandemic eases in the U.S., so has the fear of visiting a clinical setting. With that has come a wave of progressing cancer diagnoses that slipped through the cracks amid earlier stages of the pandemic, ProPublica reported May 4.

The National Cancer Institute has granted $3 million to researchers from UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Pittsburgh and Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center in Indianapolis to study cognitive dysfunction after chemotherapy. 

In an era of infinite challenges and finite resources, health systems must employ a rigorous approach to strategic and facility planning. This is particularly true for oncology, where the pace of change and innovation is unprecedented.

Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health has broken ground on a $36 million expansion, which will add 70,000-square-feet to its cancer care institute, local CBS affiliate KELO reported April 29. 

President Joe Biden called for the creation of an advanced health research agency dedicated to developing "breakthrough" treatments for cancer and other diseases during his first address to a joint session of Congress April 28. 

Within the next year, the U.S. could see bans on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, the FDA announced April 29. 

Top-viewed YouTube videos on bladder and prostate cancer often present inaccurate or low-quality information, according to two recent studies led by researchers at New York City-based NYU Langone Health.