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Patients in France who were newly diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer after the country's first COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020 had a higher tumor burden compared to those who were diagnosed before the lockdown, according to research published Sept. 8…

New Haven, Conn.-based Yale Cancer Center has named Edward Kaftan, PhD, to serve as the associate cancer center director for research affairs, effective Jan. 1, 2022. 

Matt Ducsik, vice president of cardiovascular and clinical program services at Renton, Wash.-based Providence, discussed the challenge of incorporating whole-person care into cardiovascular services and maintaining the system's footprint during a recent episode of the Becker's Healthcare cardiology podcast.

Northeast Georgia Health System has launched the Georgia Heart Institute.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles has added three cardiologists and a cardiothoracic surgeon to its Heart Institute faculty, the hospital said Sept. 8. 

A genomic analysis of lung cancer in people with no history of smoking found a majority of tumors arising from the accumulation of mutations caused by natural body processes, according to findings published Sept. 6 in Nature Genetics.

The OhioHealth Delaware Medical Campus is now providing stereotactic radiosurgery, a precise form of minimally invasive radiation therapy used to treat abnormalities in the brain and spine, the health system said Sept. 7. 

Here are four cancer-related partnerships formed since Aug. 13. 

Adults ages 45 and younger who consume cannabis are twice as likely to have a heart attack compared to people who didn't use it, research published Sept. 7 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests. 

Becker's coverage on the link between COVID-19 vaccines and heart inflammation were among the top-read cardiology stories in summer 2021.