Oncology

White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital has announced a planned expansion of its cancer program to accommodate increases in staff physician numbers and demand for services, according to DOTmed Daily News.

Des Moines, Iowa-based Blank Children's Hospital announced the opening of a new location for the Blank Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center this week.

Willis Knighton Cancer Center in Shreveport, La., is installing the world's first compact proton therapy center according to Shreveport's Keel News Radio.

The Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles has established an accredited fellowship program for complex surgical oncology.

Long Beach (Calif.) Memorial Medical Center's Todd Cancer Pavilion opened to patients on July 17.

The University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center will be the beneficiary of a $1 million dollar gift from philanthropists Joan and Irwin Jacobs, according to a WorldNow report. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Van Andel Institute's cancer research program will move to a new location at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, also in Grand Rapids, according to a MLive Media Group report.

Bellevue, Wash.-based Overlake Medical Center has unveiled its new heart and vascular center to the public.

Peninsula Radiation Oncology Center run by Soldatna, Alaska-based Central Peninsula General Hospital opened for the first time last Wednesday afternoon to residents in Kenai, Alaska, according to a report from the Peninsula Clarion.

Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital's cancer center in Houston has reopened with upgrades, according to a report from Chron.