Oncology

Express Scripts' partnership with Tricare is putting active duty military personnel and veterans at risk, the Community Oncology Alliance told the U.S. Department of Defense according to The Columbus Dispatch. 

Though a study published Jan. 1 describing the success of Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence at diagnosing breast cancer was largely met with praise and excitement, in a Feb. 28 response, a group of AI researchers criticized the study's lack of…

In January, Allegheny Health Network will close an oncology clinic that UPMC was set to purchase in March, requiring UPMC to address the abrupt discontinuation of cancer services for patients.

New York City-based Massive Bio has established a hub for facilitating partnerships between vendors and provider clinical research teams, part of its efforts to create the largest oncology clinical trial network.

Surgeons at Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine performed their 1,000th transplant April 27, making the hospital one of 11 in the country to achieve this milestone.

Humana unveiled a national payment model for oncology services for Medicare Advantage and commercial members.

Asthma is common among the opioid-dependent patient population, according to research presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Feb. 22 to 25, in San Francisco.

Black Diamond Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing precision medicine approaches for cancer care, completed a series B round of financing, raising $85 million.

Sturgis (Mich.) Hospital will not close its oncology treatment center, hospital officials have decided.

The CEO of Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health said the health system's move to consolidate the neonatal intensive care unit at one of its hospitals will not jeopardize patient care, according to the Johnson City Press.