Oncology

Vision Care of Maine in Bangor has invested in the Catalys Precision Laser System and is now performing cataract laser refractive surgery, according to Bangor Daily News report and WABI report.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston announced (pdf) plans to invest up to $3 billion in the first 10 years of a new program aimed at eradicating cancer.

Several leaders in orthopedics will gather at the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago to participate in a panel discussion about the biggest opportunities and threats for orthopedic and spine surgeons going forward.

Lowell (Mass.) General Hospital and Saints Medical Center in Lowell are consolidating cancer centers Oct. 1 as part of its merger, according to a Lowell Sun report.

ProMedica Fostoria (Ohio) Community Hospital has completed its new $710,000 ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital Cancer and Infusion Center, according to an Advertiser-Tribune report.

UC San Diego Health System announced the launch of a new program to personalize cancer treatment at its UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.

Dallas-based Texas Oncology announced plans for a $105 million proton therapy facility to be developed in collaboration with McKesson Specialty Health, a division of McKesson Corp., and Baylor Health Enterprises, an affiliate of Dallas-based Baylor Health Care System.

Gordon Hospital in Calhoun, Ga., will open its new, approximately $2 million Harris Radiation Therapy Center to patients by mid-November, according to a Calhoun Times report.

Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, Ky., is planning a $10 million cancer center for outpatient treatment and education, according to a Courier-Journal report.

Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare announced the ground breaking of a new $19.5 million cancer center on the Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center campus in Waco, Texas.