About 180 advocates representing the American Society of Clinical Oncology met with more than 200 congressional offices in Washington, D.C., April 8, to raise awareness of three issues the group said are “critical” to the support of cancer care and…
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On Tuesday, April 8, Salt Lake City-based University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute broke ground on its new $400 million facility in Vineyard, Utah. The Huntsman Cancer Institute’s Comprehensive Cancer Center in Vineyard, is expected to begin serving patients in…
Phillip Koo, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of Santa Monica, Calif.-based Prostate Cancer Foundation. Dr. Koo previously served as chief of diagnostic imaging and physician executive of oncology at Phoenix-based Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, according to an…
In February, Cleveland-based University Hospitals announced it would invest $39 million to build a new cancer hub at the system’s UH TriPoint Medical Center in Painesville, Ohio. When University Hospitals opened the UH Seidman Cancer Center in 2011, the system…
Rock Valley, Iowa-based Hegg Memorial Health Center had the lowest reported breast cancer screening recall rate between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data published Feb. 19. The national breast cancer screening recall rate was 9%…
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Columbus-based OhioHealth has appointed George Simon, MD, as vice president of the system’s oncology services. Before stepping into his new role, Dr. Simon served as executive medical director and department chair at Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center, according to an…
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Cancer Institute had the lowest rate of 30-day unplanned readmissions for cancer patients of all prospective payment system-exempt cancer hospitals between Oct. 1, 2022, and Sept. 30, 2023, according to CMS data published Feb. 19. Roswell…
Cancer patients experienced a fivefold decline in opioid dose prescriptions between 2016 and 2021, according to a study published March 26 in JCO Oncology Practice. For the study, researchers from Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center conducted a…
Aurora-based Children’s Hospital Colorado has opened an in-house genomics testing lab through its Precision Medicine Institute. The lab enables genomic testing results to be more quickly integrated into patient EHRs, and therefore clinical care, according to a March 11 news…
Los Angeles-based USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has opened a new radiation therapy and imaging center in Newport Beach, Calif. The Keck Medicine of USC-Newport Beach Radiation Oncology and Imaging center is equipped with CT scanners, positron emission tomography CT…