Oncology

Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care in Fall River, Mass., and Fairhaven, Mass., part of New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health System, is partnering with Boston Medical Center to offer new clinical trials to Southcoast cancer patients.

Standalone cancer centers may have to rethink their economic structure to be successful in a healthcare reform environment, according to a report by Andrew Ziskind, MD, managing director of Huron Healthcare's clinical solutions.

Thomas McAfee, MD, dean of clinical affairs at UC San Diego Health Sciences, said University of California, San Diego will not close its Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas, as was reported earlier, according to a North County Times report.

Birmingham, Ala.-based St. Vincent's Health System has broken ground on a new cancer center, according to a CBS 42 report.

St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, N.Y., announced the opening of a new oncology unit.

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health announced its governance board has approved the establishment of the Inova Comprehensive Cancer and Research Institute.

Indianapolis-based Community Health Network announced an affiliation between two of its hospitals and the MD Anderson Cancer Network, a program of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. has proposed moving its planned $84.8 million cancer center closer to its Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, according to a Commercial Appeal report.

Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center in Fredericksburg, Va., and Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center in Richmond announced they will jointly provide radiation oncology services at SRMC's new cancer center.

Saginaw, Mich.-based Covenant HealthCare announced plans for a $4 million new cancer center at its Covenant HealthCare Mackinaw facility in Saginaw.