Oncology

Anatoly Nikolaev, MD, PhD, has joined the Cleveland Clinic Weston (Fla.) Maroone Cancer Center. 

The financial relief of medical crowdfunding is often accompanied by feelings of shame in asking for help, a study published in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship suggests.

Raleigh, N.C.-based UNC Rex Healthcare opened a new cancer center March 1. 

About 1 in 7 breast cancer cases are overdiagnosed, a study published March 1 in the Annals of Internal Medicine found.

The FDA approved carvykti, a new customized, cell-based treatment from Johnson & Johnson, for the treatment of multiple myeloma, Johnson & Johnson said Feb. 28.

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tenn., has selected Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD, as its new director. 

Yale Cancer Center named its annual Conclave awardees in honor of their outstanding contributions to cancer care and research. 

Metformin, a drug traditionally prescribed for diabetes but recently used in clinical settings as a cancer treatment, shows "great promise" but can have negative consequences in the treatment of some cancer types, researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada…

Researchers at the University of California San Diego Health are the first in the county to employ high-intensity, focused ultrasound as a minimally invasive prostate cancer treatment, the system said Feb. 24.

Here are four announcements from the American Cancer Society reported by Becker's since Feb. 11: