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Here are five recent cancer center expansions:

Fort Myers-based Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute reappointed Dr. Lucio Gordan president and managing physician.

First lady Jill Biden has been diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, a common and treatable form of skin cancer, NBC affiliate KCRA3 reported Jan. 16.

Here are three hospitals that recently announced they are consolidating or closing cardiology programs:

Healthgrades has recognized hospitals nationwide for exceptional care via its "America's Best Hospitals" awards, released Jan. 17.

Puyallup, Wash.-based MultiCare's Pulse Heart Institute partnered with DispatchHealth to reduce congestive heart failure patient readmission to 6.8 percent, according to a recent white paper.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center researchers identified a gene that drives the development of the second most common type of lung cancer, and a way to improve treatment.

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine researchers recently found that a machine-learning algorithm that predicts mortality risk in cancer patients quadrupled the rates of end-of-life care conversations with patients.

U.S. cancer deaths dropped by 33 percent over the past three decades, according to the American Cancer Society. Cancer mortality rates peaked in 1991.

Jeffrey Peterson, PhD, a pioneering researcher in chemical biology and cancer, died of rectal cancer Jan. 2 at age 53, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.