Oncology

Great Neck, N.Y.-based North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System has established the Center for Melanoma and Rare Skin Cancers.

The Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain announced it will break ground on a $40 million cancer center in New Britain.

FDA has approved Stivarga (regorafenib) to treat patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, according to a news release.

The South Bend (Ind.) Clinic has purchased Mishawaka, Ind.-based Cancer Care Partners from IU Health Goshen (Ind.), according to a South Bend Tribune report.

Florida Hospital Zephyrhills announced the openings of its Simpson Breast Health Center.

Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Show Low, Ariz., announced the expansion and new name for its Summit Healthcare Oncology Center.

MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando (Fla.) announced the ground breaking of its new proton therapy center.

Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City (Ind.), part of Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Alliance, announced the opening of its $12 million Woodland Cancer Care Center.

The anesthetic drug ketamine has been found to significantly inhibit the inflammatory response to surgery, according to the Anesthesia & Analgesia.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General will be reviewing payments for personally performed anesthesia services for the fiscal year 2013, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.