Oncology

Prostate cancer patients who undergo radical prostatectomy may see better outcomes at teaching hospitals than at non-academic medical institutions, according to a study led by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

Los Angeles-based UCLA Health System has launched the Daltrey/Townshend Teen & Young Adult Cancer Program to serve teen and young adult cancer patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, according to a health system news release.

Fort Collins, Colo.-based Poudre Valley Health System is planning to use existing space to develop a new cancer center, according to a health system news release.

Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., is ending its outpatient radiation and chemotherapy programs due to an emerging trend of private physicians' offices offering these services and because the programs were losing money, according to a St. Petersburg Times…

Despite a general increase in cancer survivorship research, a disproportionate number of studies focus on specific tumor sites, prevention, early detection and post-treatment effects, according to an Ohio State University Medical Center news release.

The University of Buffalo has opened the Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center at Buffalo (N.Y.) General Hospital, according to a UB news release.

Medicare cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy may spend approximately $6,500 more in a year for care in a hospital outpatient setting compared to a physician office, according to a Milliman report (pdf).

The U.S. video, high-tech and integrated operating room market is expected to increase to more than $2.3 billion in annual sales by 2018, according to a news release.

Some local physicians are concerned that Mission Hospital's new $59 million freestanding cancer center in Asheville, N.C., will siphon patients from other practices, according to a Citizen-Times report.

Adult congenital heart admissions at pediatric hospitals that cost above the 90th percentile for total hospital charges are associated with significantly higher mortality rates, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.