Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore is planning a $26 million expansion of its Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center after recently opening its new breast cancer center, according to a Baltimore Business Journal report.
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Yuma (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center announced the launch of a community initiative to gain input on a new cancer center the hospital plans to break ground on in the spring.
The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City announced the opening of its new Derald H. Ruttenberg Treatment Center of The Tisch Cancer Institute Oct. 31 in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pa., announced the opening of its new infusion center.
Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo (N.Y.), part of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, and Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding to plan a single center of excellence for pediatric inpatient/outpatient cancer services.
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Lorain, Ohio-based Mercy and University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland announced a new partnership for cancer services to provide care close to home and improve outcomes for cancer patients in Lorain County.
The results of a new study indicate women who drink green tea may have lower risk of developing some GI cancers, according to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Reporter.
Columbus-based OhioHealth announced the opening of its $9.5 million OhioHealth Arthur G.H. Bing, MD, Cancer Center.
New Milford (Conn.) Hospital, part of Danbury-based Western Connecticut Health Network, has renamed its cancer center the Diebold Family Cancer Center in recognition of the Diebold family's ongoing financial support, according to a Norwalk Plus report.
Obese patients have a greater risk of complications following total knee replacement surgery, including post-surgical infections, according to a study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.