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American Cancer Society names chief scientific officer
William Dahut, MD, has been named chief scientific officer for the American Cancer Society. He will start May 16. -
St. Jude names new scientific director
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital named J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD, scientific director and executive vice president, it said in an email to Becker's April 18. -
Georgia cancer institute opens state's 1st immediate care cancer center
Atlanta-based Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University opened the first immediate cancer care center in Georgia on April 18, it said in an email to Becker's. -
MD Anderson names chair of nursing department
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center named Eileen Danaher Hacker, PhD, the chair of its nursing department, it said in an email to Becker's April 15. -
Ochsner plans $10M cancer center expansion
Ochsner Cancer Center in Baton Rouge, La., is planning on continuing its $10 million expansion, it said April 13. -
4 recent oncology partnerships
Here are four cancer-related partnerships formed or expanded since April 1, starting with the most recent: -
Penn Medicine appoints cancer center director for 2nd term
Penn Medicine has appointed Robert Vonderheide, MD, to a second five-year term as director of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. -
Michigan cancer center expands into Ohio
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit recently opened the Karmanos Cancer Institute at the Toledo Clinic Cancer Center in Maumee, Ohio, it said in an email to Becker's April 12. -
Yale New Haven, Hartford HealthCare to build proton therapy center
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System and Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare on April 12 said they have received approval to build the state's first proton beam therapy center. -
Dana-Farber names new vice president
Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute named Ian Matthew-Clayton vice president and chief inclusion, diversity and equity officer, effective April 25. -
Routine cancer screenings still down, Dana-Farber CEO says
Physicians at Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are witnessing the consequences of delayed cancer screenings, which are still down from pre-pandemic levels, Bloomberg reported April 11. -
Hackensack Meridian cancer center expands to Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian John Theurer Cancer Center is expanding its services to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune City, N.J., it said in an email to Becker's April 11. -
5 recent cancer center constructions, expansions
Here are five hospitals and health systems that have opened new cancer facilities or shared plans to open new centers since March 10: -
Houston Methodist hospital 1st in region to perform prostate cancer procedure
Houston Methodist Willowbrook became the first hospital in the area to perform a transurethral ultrasound ablation, an advanced treatment for prostate cancer, the Houston Chronicle reported April 8. -
Moffitt identifies key factor in colorectal cancer development
Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center researchers identified an immunosuppressive environment is key to the progression of colorectal cancer development, the center said April 7. -
Keck Medicine opens new cancer center in California
Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine opened a new cancer center in Newport Beach, Calif., to expand its oncologic services, the system said in an email shared with Becker's. -
Fox Chase names 1st deputy director
Fox Chase Cancer Center, part of Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System, has selected Elizabeth Plimack, MD, as its inaugural deputy director. -
IU Health joins National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center became the newest National Comprehensive Cancer Network cancer center, making it the only member center in the state. -
Miami cancer center unveils Engineering Cancer Cures program: 3 notes
The University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the university's college of engineering have launched Engineering Cancer Cures — an initiative focused on leveraging novel technologies to improve detection and advance cancer treatments. -
Yale: Black patients more likely to experience substandard gastrointestinal surgery
Black gastrointestinal cancer patients are more likely than white patients to receive substandard surgery for treatment of the disease, a study published April 4 in JAMA Network Open found.
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