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Twelve percent of cancer survivors live in poverty, leading to poor health outcomes and an inability to see doctors because of the cost, researchers at the Augusta-based Medical College of Georgia and the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University found.

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia was awarded $12 million from the NIH National Cancer Institute, NBC 29 reported Sept. 14.

Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Wenjian Gan, PhD, received two grants totaling more than $2 million for breast cancer research.

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences appointed Dr. Sunny Singh director of the UAMS Baptists Health Cancer Center, and he is now part of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as a hematologist and oncologist.

Three medical journals launched independent investigations into possible data manipulation of heart studies led by Philadelphia-based Temple University researchers, Reuters reported in an exclusive Sept. 13.

Florida-based AdventHealth Tampa has revealed a $2 million investment in GE Allia and Carrot Medical technology for its catheterization lab, according to a Sept. 14 news release shared with Becker's.

President Joe Biden took to the Boston-based John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Sept. 12 to provide an update on his Cancer Moonshot program.

Privately insured patients younger than 65 paid 15 percent or more in out-of-pocket costs for cancer care during a seven-year period, researchers at the American Cancer Society and the Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found.

UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute opened its new outpatient facility in Mechanicsburg, Pa., WHTM reported Sept. 12.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai researchers found 75 percent of people prefer to do a fecal immunochemical test rather than a colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer.