The National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a nonprofit alliance of leading cancer centers, named Crystal Denlinger, MD, as senior vice president and chief scientific officer Jan. 14. Dr. Denlinger will start April 15.
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U.S. cancer deaths fell by a record 2.4 percent between 2017 and 2018, leading to an overall 31 percent drop since 1991, according to the American Cancer Society's 2021 Cancer Statistics report published Jan. 12.
New York Proton Center in New York City named Jonathan Weinbach CEO Jan. 13. Mr. Weinbach is the center's former CFO.
Li Li, MD, PhD, a family medicine physician and cancer researcher at UVA Health, has been appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the Charlottesville, Va.-based health system said Jan. 12.
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named seven early career scientists as recipients of its 2021 Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award, which funds projects that have the potential to transform the areas of cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
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Boca Raton, Fla.-based Cancer Treatment Centers of America is partnering with CVS Health to expand patients' access to at-home chemotherapy services, the organizations said Jan. 12.
Japanese researchers have identified what is believed to be the first reported cases of women vaginally transmitting cervical cancer to their infants via birth, according to a case study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter's Health removed longtime oncologist Tom Weiner, MD, after learning that the physician had been harming patients for years, CEO Wade Johnson wrote in a letter to the Independent Record.
Cancer survivors may be at increased risk of heart disease since their hearts more often appear older than their actual age in comparison to those who haven't had cancer, according to a Jan. 8 CDC report.
Here are five recent cancer partnerships and affiliations formed since Dec. 7.