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Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is planning a 110,000-square-foot, $200 million expansion of its proton beam therapy program facility. The addition is expected to be complete in 2025. 

U.S. cardiologists earned about $459,000 on average in 2021, making them the third highest-paid physician specialists, according to Medscape's Cardiologist Wealth & Debt Report published Aug. 16. 

Oncologists in the U.S. earned an average of about $403,000 in 2021, up from $377,000 in 2020, according to Medscape's Oncologist Wealth & Debt Report published Aug. 13. 

Between 2013-18, marijuana use among cancer patients peaked at 9 percent, compared to 14 percent among the general public, according to research findings published Aug. 13 in Cancer. 

Debra Wilson, MSN, RN, has been named vice president of oncology at Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health.

In response to ASC growth, hospitals should approach cardiovascular department growth, as well as other services lines, with an outpatient mindset, said AdventHealth's Tim Farley. 

Here are four recent cancer-focused partnerships formed since July 15. 

The National Cancer Institute has awarded $4 million to Mount Sinai, MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Texas Health Science Center to study the effectiveness of anal cancer screening interventions among women with a previous HPV infection diagnosis. 

Despite long-standing inclusivity requirements, women largely remain underrepresented in clinical cardiology trials, according to a report published Aug. 9 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health is teaming up with Sema4, a genomics company spun out of Mount Sinai Health System, on a precision medicine initiative to improve cancer treatments.