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Here are eight moves from leading cancer centers across the nation that Becker's has covered since July 22: 

A researcher at the University of Hawai'i Cancer Center received a $2.8 million grant to develop a school- and culturally-based e-cigarette prevention intervention program for rural youths in the state.

University of Louisville (Ky.) Health's Jewish Hospital will now be referred to as the UofL Health Heart Hospital, a facility focused on cardiovascular research and treatment, CBS affiliate WLKY reported Aug. 25.

Effective pain management often relies on administering opioid-based medication, but as opioids have known side effects and can lead to misuse and abuse, alternative approaches that provide non-medicated pain relief and are more versatile hold promise for improving patient care. 

Here are six recent cardiology-related studies since Aug. 10, starting with the most recent:

New York Cancer & Blood Specialists and Brooklyn Hospital Center opened their Brooklyn Cancer Center on Aug. 25.

A new "polypill" that combines three heart medications reduced deaths and other heart problems related to heart disease by 24 percent, NBC News reported Aug. 26. 

Advocate Radiation Oncology opened a new cancer center in West Palm Beach, Fla., the Town-Crier reported Aug. 25.

Researchers at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a deep learning algorithm that can identify and outline a non-small cell lung cancer tumor on a CT scan within seconds, Science Daily reported Aug. 24.

Here are six heart center openings since July 28: