Oncology

A new study reveals that patients were more satisfied with colonoscopy than computed tomography colonography, according to an article on new research presented at Digestive Disease Week and a MedPage Today report.

Missouri's Hannibal Regional Medical Group has announced the addition of gastroenterologist Glenn Gordon, MD, to its surgical team, according to a news release.

A new study reveals that colonoscopy is an effective method of detecting colorectal cancer in elderly patients who had not been previously screened, according to an article on new research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

CONMED Corp. has announced its CONMED Endoscopic Technologies unit has launched six new GI/endoscopy medical devices, according to a news release.

Community Cancer Center in Normal, Ill., a joint venture of Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal and OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, Ill., is planning a $10 million expansion and renovation project, according to a Pantagraph report.

In a session at the Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 18, Gerard Nussbaum, director of technology for healthcare advisory firm Kurt Salmon, discussed the necessity, characteristics and best practices for world-class hospital oncology programs.

Marshall Medical Centers in Guntersville and Boaz, Ala., is planning an $8.6 million cancer center, according to a report by The Sand Mountain Reporter.

In a session titled “Building a Leading Neurosurgery and Spine Program,” at Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting on May 17 in Chicago, Casey Nolan, managing director of Healthcare Navigant, discussed the steps hospitals must take to construct a world-class neurosurgery…

Saint Louis University Hospital announced it will break ground on the first outpatient bone marrow transplant center in the region.

Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington, N.C., has proposed a $60 million expansion to its cancer center, emergency department and surgical areas, according to a Burlington Times-News report.