Oncology

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will provide hematology-oncology services for Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System.

James K. McCloskey II, MD, has been named permanent chief of the division of leukemia at Hackensack Meridian Health's John Theurer Cancer Center, the center said Oct. 7.

The following hospitals, health systems and cancer treatment centers have opened cancer care facilities or announced plans for them in the last month.

City of Hope, a Duarte, Calif.-based cancer research and treatment center, invested $40 million to create a subsidiary that helps employers provide cancer information and expert opinions to their employees.

Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center opened a COVID-19 research facility Oct. 5.

Penn State Cancer Institute in Hershey, Pa., named Mitchell Machtay, MD, associate director for clinical research.

Getting the human papillomavirus vaccine was associated with a substantially lower risk of invasive cervical cancer, a new study shows.

C. Kent Osborne, MD, has stepped down as director of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston after 15 years in the role.

The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans completed a $56 million expansion, doubling its size.

A former cancer center president being indicted in an antitrust conspiracy was Becker's most-read cancer story in September.