Former Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center president and CEO Thomas Tomasi Jr., MD, PhD, died March 23 at age 97. Dr. Tomasi served as the cancer center’s president and CEO from 1986 to 1996, according to a March…
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Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine has begun construction on the state’s first proton therapy system at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, also in Omaha. The proton therapy system will be integrated into an existing room…
New York state had the highest breast cancer screening recall rate of 31.4% between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data published Feb. 19. The national breast cancer screening recall rate was 9% for the same…
Among all U.S. hospitals, Murray, Utah-based Intermountain Medical Center had the best value of care for heart attack patients between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data released Feb. 19. The hospital also had a better…
A 10-year-old child survived 24 days on an artificial heart at Ann-Arbor-based University of Michigan Health’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, becoming the first child in Michigan to receive a total artificial heart, the Detroit Free Press reported March 27. The…
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As the population of childhood cancer survivors continues to grow, and as recognition of the cardiovascular risks associated with many cancer treatments increases, the American Heart Association has updated its scientific statement on the cardiovascular care of pediatric patients during…
The heart transplant team at Baltimore based-Johns Hopkins Medicine broke a new record in 2024, performing 65 adult transplants, more than doubling the team’s 2023 total. The milestone also broke Johns Hopkins Hospital’s previous record of 27 heart transplants in…
Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has appointed Jeffrey Lee, MD, as chief medical executive. He will step into the role April 1, according to a March 26 news release from MD Anderson. Dr. Lee joined MD Anderson…
Lung cancer screening more than tripled after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force expanded screening eligibility in 2021, according to a March 20 research letter published in JAMA Oncology. Researchers from the University of Miami drew upon 2019 to 2023…
The need to address disparities in cancer screening rates is an oft-discussed issue in healthcare. Strategies on how to address the issue are less straightforward, leaving many leaders searching for answers in the successes of other health systems. One such…