Oncology

VA Ann Arbor (Mich.) Healthcare System has opened its hematology-oncology infusion center, according to a Heritage report.

Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., will assume management of its comprehensive cancer center and terminate its management agreement with Aptium, a subsidiary of pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, according to a Desert Sun report. The management transition is prompted…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has revoked its approval of the drug Avastin for breast cancer on the grounds that it has not been shown to be safe and effective for that use, according to an FDA news release.

Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., has opened a $12 million Comprehensive Cancer Center, according to a hospital news release.

Baptist Easley (S.C.) Hospital has applied for a certificate of need for a cancer center and linear accelerator, placing it in competition with Greenville, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, which made a similar request in August, according to…

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., has opened a new $6 million cancer treatment center, according to a hospital news release.

Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth has broken ground on a $2.1 million cancer center expansion, according to a Bangor Daily News report.

The prostate cancer drug market may reach $10.1 billion in 2020 in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan, according to a Decision Resources news release.

Wichita, Kan.'s Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis has joined the Midwest Cancer Alliance, according to a hospital news release.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis has installed the world's first superconducting synchrocyclotron proton accelerator to deliver proton therapy to cancer patients, according to a hospital news release.