Oncology

Neither duration of anesthesia nor increased cumulative time with profound sevoflurane anesthesia was associated with increased risk for new malignant disease within five years after surgery in previously cancer-free patients, according to a study published in the Oct. 2011 issue…

The top drivers of rising cancer care costs are chemotherapy, hospital admissions, emergency room visits and aggressive end-of-life care, according to a news release by The US Oncology Network.

This year Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City was ranked first in the nation in orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report. Thomas Sculco, MD, surgeon-in-chief at the hospital, says one of the reasons for its success in…

Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Palo Alto, Calif., has opened its new Brain Tumor Center within an existing facility, according to a hospital news release.

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.,found MRI screening to be beneficial and cost-effective for women at high risk for breast cancer who have little or no insurance, according to a Duke Health news release.

Northern Illinois University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have partnered with the Northern Illinois Proton Treatment Center to study nuclear medicine and proton beam therapy, according to a wrex.com report.

The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons has launched a web-based tool to promote evidence-based cancer care, according to an ACS news release.

From 1999-2008, lung cancer incidence decreased among men in 35 U.S. states and among women in six states, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A $10 million grant by retired biotechnology leader and trustee board member Henri A. Termeer will help Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston build the Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies, according to a Boston Globe report.

Mercy Suburban Hospital in East Norriton, Pa., recently broke ground on an $8 million cancer center, according to a Times Herald report.