Oncology

Here are five hospitals, health systems and cancer treatment centers that have expanded their cancer care facilities or shared plans to open new centers since Sept. 13. 

Women Leaders in Oncology honored Pamela Kunz, MD, as 2021 Woman Oncologist of the Year during an Oct. 1 virtual ceremony. 

 Fort Myers-based Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute has selected Michael Diaz, MD, as president and managing physician, effective Jan. 1, 2022. 

New Haven, Conn.-based Yale Cancer Center's appointment of associate cancer center director for research affairs was Becker's most-read cardiology story in September. 

A large, patient-funded billboard in Helena, Mont., reads: "We Support Dr. Tom Weiner," the former oncologist at St. Peter's Health who was fired for allegedly harming cancer patients, according to Medscape.

Raphael Pollock, MD, oncologist and director of Ohio State University's Comprehensive Cancer Center at James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, has been battling the same disease faced by his patients. 

Scientists from Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center in Columbus are leading a clinical study to better understand how certain types of cancer overpower treatment by analyzing biological samples collected from cancer patients within hours after their death. 

Eli Lilly plans to broaden patient access to clinical trials while expanding representation of minority group members by partnering with Care Access, a decentralized research organization. 

City of Hope plans to open the 190,000-square-foot Lennar Foundation Cancer Center in Irvine, Calif., next summer, local news station Spectrum News 1 reported Sept. 27. 

A drop in face-to-face patient interaction was the top factor contributing to oncologists' burnout during the pandemic prior to vaccine availability, according to recent survey findings.