A blood test developed by researchers from Stanford (Calif.) Medicine is capable of detecting cancer and identifying how cancers might resist treatment. Here are four things to know about the test: Read the full study here.
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For most screenable cancers, a pandemic-related surge of late-stage diagnoses in 2020 quickly returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2021, with the exception of cervical cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute’s “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of…
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has broken ground on the Saratoga Springs Multi-Specialty Clinic. The facility will offer primary care, speciality services and a new cancer center. The Intermountain Health Saratoga Springs Cancer Center will provide medical oncology, radiation oncology,…
Overall cancer mortality rates decreased for men, women and children in the U.S. between 2018 and 2022, according to the National Cancer Institute’s “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer,” published April 21 in Cancer. The report…
Cancer researcher and a founding member of Pittsburgh-based UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Susann Gollin, MD, PhD, has died at 71. Dr. Gollin “pioneered important discoveries in the field of head and neck cancer,” according to an April 8 news release…
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Patients in Medicaid expansion states had more timely treatment, a study from the Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found. The study, published April 11 in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, analyzed data from adults ages 40 to…
A recent study found that cancer-related hospitalizations increased 27.3% between 2008 and 2019, resulting in an increased total hospitalization cost of $20.9 billion. The study, published April 18 in Nature Scientific Reports, analyzed National Inpatient Sample data between 2008 and…
Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope has appointed Hope Rugo, MD, as division chief of breast medical oncology. She will also serve as director of the Women’s Cancers program, according to an April 16 news release from the health system. Dr.…
Colorectal and pancreatic adenocarcinoma incidence rates increased the most among young adults between 2000 and 2021, according to a study published April 14 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson…
Chicago-based Northwestern University has appointed Mohamed Abazeed, MD, PhD, as chair of the department of radiation oncology. Dr. Abazeed is an associate professor of radiation oncology and co-leader of the lung cancer program at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer…