Many primary care physicians are unaware of chemotherapy's long-term side effects that may affect cancer survivors under their care, according to a study conducted by Harvard Medical School and reported by U.S. News & World Report.
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Cleveland Clinic announced the opening of a new infusion suite at Medina (Ohio) Hospital.
Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network has partnered with The Wistar Institute, a biomedical research group in Philadelphia, to advance cancer research, according to a Morning Call report.
Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., has broken ground on a $100 million expansion of its Cooper Cancer Institute, according to a Courier Post report.
Here are 10 statistics on pediatric cancer hospitalizations in 2009, according to the latest statistical brief issued by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Here are 11 hospital cancer center expansions from the past two months, beginning with the most recent announcement.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have published new researching findings that identify a possible new cancer treatment, according to a news release.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston announced an agreement with Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in São Paulo, Brazil, to develop a comprehensive, multidisciplinary oncology program at the hospital.
Port Angeles, Wash.-based Olympic Medical Center is changing its cancer facility's name to Olympic Medical Cancer Center, according to a KONP report.
The University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore announced the groundbreaking of a more than $200 million proton treatment center.