Eligible cancer patients will soon be able to get infusion treatments at home through a pilot program from New Brunswick-based Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, part of RWJBarnabas Health. 

Researchers from Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center found immunosuppressive cells become more sensitive to stress signals as tumors grow, according to a Nov. 4 press release. 

Twenty percent of  patients who received chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy experienced adverse cardiovascular and pulmonary events, a study published in the November issue of Journal of the American College of Cardiology found. 

These six oncologists joined new practices or received new appointments over the last few months. 

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and BronxCare Health System opened a 10,000-square-foot cancer facility, a Nov. 4 press release said. 

Tasneem Bawa-Khalfe, PhD, assistant professor of biology and biochemistry at the University of Houston, received a $1.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to design a therapeutic strategy to prevent progression of advanced drug-resistant hormone-receptor positive breast cancers, according to a Nov. 3 press release.

UofL Health in Louisville, Ky., has partnered with Cancer and Blood Specialists of Louisville to open a third location of the academic health system's Brown Cancer Center. 

Researchers at Miami Cancer Institute are conducting several pediatric cancer studies focused on reducing dose to critical structures of the brain, minimizing toxicities from treatment and preserving neurocognitive function in survivors, Matthew Hall, MD, lead pediatric radiation oncologist at Miami Cancer Institute, said in a Nov. 3 press release.

Here are five cancer-related partnerships formed since Oct. 18.  

A story about an advocacy group filing an ethics complaint against the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston over undisclosed clinical trial results from 2005 was Becker's most-read oncology story in October.

Cancer patients in the U.S. spent $21.09 billion on care in 2019, according to an annual report published Oct. 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 

Minneapolis-based Allina Health System has invested $50 million to launch the Allina Health Cancer Institute, the Star Tribune reported Oct. 28. 

The Miami Dolphins football team presented the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center with $6.3 million during an Oct. 24 game. 

A new pilot program at Yale Cancer Center offers patients next-day access for oncologic consultations to reduce treatment wait times and boost patient satisfaction, according to an Oct. 27 press release.

A cancer care delivery model specifically accounting for social determinants of health not only improved overall cancer survival rates up to 94 percent for white and Black patients, but also nearly eliminated racial health disparities in cancer care outcomes, according to a study set to be published in the Nov. 1 edition of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics.

Younger patients with metastatic colorectal cancer do not survive longer than older patients with the disease, according to findings recently published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 

Cleveland Clinic has started a phase I trial involving an investigational vaccine aimed at preventing triple-negative breast cancer, the health system said Oct. 26.

More than 600 global oncology leaders called for an urgent and comprehensive look at ways to advance health equity in light of the COVID-19 pandemic at the 2021 World Cancer Leaders’ Summit, according to a press release.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital is planning to build the Tampa Bay region's first freestanding proton therapy center, the hospital said Oct. 25.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health has selected Eric Winer, MD, as the next director of the Yale Cancer Center and physician-in-chief at its Smilow Cancer Hospital, effective Feb. 1, 2022.