West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas and Rutgers Cancer Institute in New Brunswick, N.J., are joining to expand access to oncology specialty care services. The two organizations are working together to add oncology specialty services at University Hospital, a 519-bed academic medical…
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More than 46% of women with stage 1 or 2 breast cancer chose to continue endocrine therapy after five years, a recent study found. The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, examined data from 831 women…
Dallas-based Texas Oncology is consolidating its cancer care with a new $120 million facility, according to a June 5 company Facebook post. The facility, which recently broke ground, is the first full-service Texas Oncology center in Plano, Texas. The 100,000-square-foot…
The rate of appendix cancer has tripled among Generation X and quadrupled among millennials compared to previous generations, a new study found. The study, published June 10 in Annals of Internal Medicine, used the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and…
In 2019, Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist — part of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health — established a tumor board to address the effects of financial toxicity among patients at the Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute. Five-years after its…
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A multicancer early detection laboratory blood test was able to detect the genetic material of cancer tumors three years before diagnosis, according to a study published May 22 in Cancer Discovery. Led by researchers from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine, the…
Mailed self-collection kits improved cervical cancer screening rates among racial or ethnic minority populations, according to a study published June 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine. For the study, researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial of 2,474 patients at a safety-net…
In April, Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham added oncology care to its Home Hospital program to alleviate capacity issues within acute care facilities, while also providing a way for cancer patients to benefit from remaining close to their support systems…
Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope has called for “bold” changes to address the rising cancer rates among women younger than 50. Cancer incidence rates among women younger than 50 is 82% higher than incidence rates among men of the same…
Kentucky had the highest incidence rate across all cancer types between 2017 and 2021, according to data published by the American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society used data from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries to calculate…