A fourth casita for the Arizona Transplant House at the Village at Mayo Clinic, which provides housing for out-of-town patients undergoing long-term transplant or cancer treatment, will open next week on the Phoenix campus of Mayo Clinic, according to a…
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According to the Cancer Facts and Figures 2011 report released by the American Cancer Society, overall U.S. cancer death rates between 1990 and 2007 have decreased 22 percent in men and 14 percent in women.
Mark Schickendantz, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Cleveland Clinic, was named the director of the Center for Sports Health, according to a hospital news release.
Sanford Health, based in Sioux Falls, S.D., is the first in the region to offer robotic surgery to treat tongue and tonsil cancer, according to a hospital news release.
Michael B. Kastan, MD, a renowned cancer scientist and director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, based in Memphis, Tenn., has been named the executive director of the Duke Cancer Institute in Durham, N.C.
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A study conducted by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic shows oral therapy is a viable treatment option for acute myeloid leukemia, according to a hospital news release.
Fort Collins, Colo.-based Poudre Valley Health System has announced its plan to develop a $6.3 million regional cancer center at its Harmony Campus in Fort Collins, according to a PVHS news release.
A study evaluating the safety of a robotic angioplasty system in delivering coronary stents, balloons and other interventions has found the system as feasible, safe and effective as that of a manual operation, according to published study abstract in the…
A team of head and neck surgeons from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has found robotic surgery can treat hard-to-reach cancer in the larynx, according to a system news release. The study followed nine patients for up to three years…
Patients who develop high blood pressure while being treated for advanced kidney cancer with the drug sunitinib respond better to treatment, maintain longer progression-free survival and survive longer, according to a Cleveland Clinic-led study.