Oncology

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…

The need to address disparities in cancer screening rates is an oft-discussed issue in healthcare. Strategies on how to address the issue are less straightforward, leaving many leaders searching for answers in the successes of other health systems.  One such…

Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Texas at Austin have launched a partnership in support of research projects designed to improve cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and survival. The partnership will function under a joint…

Despite better overall prognoses, slow-growing breast cancer subtypes are associated with a higher mortality risk when surgery is delayed more than 42 days after diagnosis, according to a study published Dec. 30 in Breast Cancer Research.  The study was led…

Colorectal cancer ranks among the top five sites of cancer incidence and death for both men and women, according to the American Cancer Society’s annual cancer statistics report. As with most cancers, early detection of colorectal cancer averts death at…

Some cancer researchers are concerned the federal government’s efforts to scale back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives will affect the industry’s larger goal of eliminating cancer, according to a March 21 NPR report. Their concerns stem from a Jan. 20…