The Society for Integrative Oncology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology published joint guidelines for safely and effectively treating common cancer symptoms and side effects using integrative medicine approaches, SIO reported Sept. 19.

Neptune, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval - Lung Cancer Accreditation and Esophageal Cancer Accreditation, according to a press release shared with Becker's Sept 21.

Cedars-Sinai Cancer has appointed three leaders to new roles.

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center appointed Jasmin Tiro, PhD, as associate director of cancer prevention and population sciences.

U.K.-based University of East Anglia researchers discovered that men with prostate cancer have a different prostate environment than men without prostate cancer.

An unhealthy gut can trigger changes in breast tissue, leading to breast cancer metastasis, research by UVA Cancer Center found.

Death rates from cancer have fallen over the past two decades, resulting in more than 18 million cancer survivors in the U.S. — up from three million in 1971. New treatments and screenings are to thank, NBC News reported Sept. 12.

Livingston, N.J.-based Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center broke ground this week on its $225 million, five-story, 137,000-square-foot cancer center.

Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis and University of Missouri Health Care's Ellis Fischel Cancer Center in Columbia are collaborating on initiatives to improve cancer prevention across Missouri.

The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded researchers at the Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center a five-year $10 million grant to investigate the mechanisms regulating cancer cells that seed tumors in the lungs, where breast cancer metastasis often occurs.

Drinking two or more sugary drinks a day may be associated with increased risk of obesity-linked cancers and death, a study by the American Cancer Society found.

Genetic tests can provide important medical information and help patients choose appropriate treatments for breast cancer, but some genetic tests provide no significant information, leaving patients confused and anxious, according to an article from Kaiser Health News published by CBS News.

Austin-based Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas issued $49 million in grants toward cancer research and technology development. Here is a list of the organizations receiving the money:

The American Cancer Society awarded Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center more than $2.1 million to support cancer research and reduce barriers to cancer care, Cision PR Newswire reported Sept. 15.

Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania's Basser Center for BRCA received a $55 million gift from Mindy and Jon Gray, the organization said Sept. 15.

Twelve percent of cancer survivors live in poverty, leading to poor health outcomes and an inability to see doctors because of the cost, researchers at the Augusta-based Medical College of Georgia and the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University found.

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia was awarded $12 million from the NIH National Cancer Institute, NBC 29 reported Sept. 14.

Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Wenjian Gan, PhD, received two grants totaling more than $2 million for breast cancer research.

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences appointed Dr. Sunny Singh director of the UAMS Baptists Health Cancer Center, and he is now part of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as a hematologist and oncologist.

President Joe Biden took to the Boston-based John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Sept. 12 to provide an update on his Cancer Moonshot program.