West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas and Rutgers Cancer Institute in New Brunswick, N.J., are joining to expand access to oncology specialty care services. The two organizations are working together to add oncology specialty services at University Hospital, a 519-bed academic medical…
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Massachusetts ranks as the best state for working dads, while New Mexico ranks the worst, according to a new list published June 10 by WalletHub. The personal finance website compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across four…
More than 46% of women with stage 1 or 2 breast cancer chose to continue endocrine therapy after five years, a recent study found. The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, examined data from 831 women…
Dallas-based Texas Oncology is consolidating its cancer care with a new $120 million facility, according to a June 5 company Facebook post. The facility, which recently broke ground, is the first full-service Texas Oncology center in Plano, Texas. The 100,000-square-foot…
The rate of appendix cancer has tripled among Generation X and quadrupled among millennials compared to previous generations, a new study found. The study, published June 10 in Annals of Internal Medicine, used the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and…
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In 2019, Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist — part of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health — established a tumor board to address the effects of financial toxicity among patients at the Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute. Five-years after its…
Jeffrey Towbin, MD, will retire from serving as chief of pediatric cardiology at Memphis, Tenn.-based Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Dr. Towbin’s retirement will also encompass his positions as executive co-director of the Heart Institute and vice chair of Pediatric for…
A multicancer early detection laboratory blood test was able to detect the genetic material of cancer tumors three years before diagnosis, according to a study published May 22 in Cancer Discovery. Led by researchers from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine, the…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals’ UH Lake West Medical Center in Willoughby, Ohio, has established a structural heart program and opened a cardiac catheterization lab. The program will be overseen by interventional cardiologist Justin Dunn, MD. Dr. Dunn is the regional director…
From identifying patients at-risk of developing heart conditions to improving diagnostic accuracy and mapping digital heart twins, cardiologists are increasingly developing innovative ways to harness the power of AI. Becker’s asked four leaders how they integrate AI across the cardiovascular…