Karen Knudsen, PhD, has been appointed CEO of San Francisco-based Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. Dr. Knudsen previously served as CEO for both the American Cancer Society and ACS Cancer Action Network, according to a March 31 news release from…
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Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center broke ground on a new facility in Sugar Land, Texas, set to be the system’s largest location yet. Services at the new facility will include ambulatory surgery, diagnostic imaging, radiation oncology and…
Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center has partnered with Clearwater, Fla.-based Empath Health to offer inpatient hospice services at its Magnolia Campus. Moffitt care teams will continue to care for patients while nurses from Suncoast Hospice of Hillsborough in Tampa, part…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s Greenlawn and Lake Success radiation therapy centers are among the first in their area to offer adaptive radiation therapy. Varian Ethos radiation therapy utilizes AI-powered imaging technology and enables physicians to make adjustments in…
Cincinnati-based Mercy Health’s—Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky., has entered the second phase of its efforts to establish radiation therapy at the Paducah Cancer Center. The system worked to obtain a radiation therapy certificate of need for more than a decade. …
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Former Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center president and CEO Thomas Tomasi Jr., MD, PhD, died March 23 at age 97. Dr. Tomasi served as the cancer center’s president and CEO from 1986 to 1996, according to a March…
Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine has begun construction on the state’s first proton therapy system at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, also in Omaha. The proton therapy system will be integrated into an existing room…
New York state had the highest breast cancer screening recall rate of 31.4% between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data published Feb. 19. The national breast cancer screening recall rate was 9% for the same…
Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has appointed Jeffrey Lee, MD, as chief medical executive. He will step into the role April 1, according to a March 26 news release from MD Anderson. Dr. Lee joined MD Anderson…
Lung cancer screening more than tripled after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force expanded screening eligibility in 2021, according to a March 20 research letter published in JAMA Oncology. Researchers from the University of Miami drew upon 2019 to 2023…