Oncology

Eleven drugmakers will team up with the National Institutes of Health on a five-year initiative to fast track research on cancer immunotherapy treatments, reports Reuters.

A team of cancer researchers from Murray, Utah-based Intermountain Medical Center and St. George, Utah-based Intermountain Precision Genomics initiated a three-year genomics breast cancer study, the hospital announced Oct. 11.

The Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute entered into a research collaboration with Tempus, a health tech company focused on personalized oncology care.

Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital. Yale-New Haven Hospital’s Yale Cancer Center has earned the National Institute of Cancer comprehensive cancer center designation since 1974. The center is a collaboration between the Yale School of Medicine and Smilow Cancer Hospital, which includes 168…

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (Winston-Salem, N.C.).  The Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has held the National Cancer Institute’s comprehensive cancer center designation since 1990. In 2016, the hospital’s blood and marrow transplant program served 120 patients…

Via Christi Health, Wichita (Kan.), a member of Ascension. Via Christi Health, a member of St. Louis-based Ascension, is the largest healthcare provider in Kansas. Via Christi Cancer Institute, located at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis, has 40 private patient rooms…

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tenn.).  Vanderbilt University Medical Center is home to the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. The cancer center was established in 1993 and is one of 27 participants in the National…

Valley Hospital (Ridgewood, N.J.). The Blumenthal Cancer Center at Valley Hospital is a partnership between New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Health System. In 2015, the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer presented Valley Hospital…

UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas). UT Southwestern Medical Center is home to the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, founded in 1989. The Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center has more than 275 cancer researchers and offers patients access to 40 investigator-initiated clinical…

USC Norris Cancer Hospital-Keck Medical Center of USC (Los Angeles). USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center is part of Keck School of Medicine. More than 300 clinical trials are available to patients at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, which was among…