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Corpus Christi, Texas-based Driscoll Children's Hospital received a multimillion-dollar gift to support its heart center.

Offices of physicians are the highest-paying setting for cardiologists on average; they earn more than $300,000 there than in the lowest-paying setting, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Sixty-four percent of oncologists said they have felt burned out for at least 13 months — an 18% increase over last year's responses, according to a Medscape report.

MercyOne's specialty clinic in Des Moines is ending gynecologic oncology surgical services June 1, ABC affiliate KCCI reported April 23.

The FDA has approved a first-in-class bladder cancer drug.

Physicians prescribe 5% more cancer drugs following a pharmaceutical representitive's visit, but the practice does not appear to affect cancer patients' mortality, NPR reported April 22.

Burnout among cardiologists has risen by 2% since last year, with 66% reporting they have felt burned out for at least 13 months, compared to 64% in 2023, a recent Medscape report found.

A University of Pittsburgh Medical Center study found that 25% of patients with atrial fibrillation were younger than 65 — more than tenfold the estimated prevalence of 2%.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center researchers found a way to predict when a rare eye cancer will respond to treatment, The Washington Post reported April 22.

The National Cancer Institute recognized Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health's Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center as a comprehensive cancer center.