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The Mayo Clinic has opened its new radiation oncology treatment center in Northfield, Minn., today, according to a health system news release.

Wichita, Kan.-based Via Christi Hospital will be opening its doors next week to its new $9 million Via Christi Cancer Institute, according to a Wichita Eagle report.

According to a recent Health Affairs study, more than 300 new cardiac surgery programs opened between 1993 and 2004 even though the demand for bypass surgery declined.

Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (Calif.) has begun construction on its $456 million cardiovascular facility, according to a San Diego Times-Union report.

Most hospital surgeons meet established practice guidelines when applying appropriate surgical care in Medicare beneficiaries with cancer, according to a study in the Archives of Surgery.

A majority of patients with advanced cancer, including colon cancer, may be undergoing treatments that are either ineffective or not proven to have any benefits, according to a University of Chicago Medical Center news release.

A group of physicians and scientists, known as the Oncofertility Consortium of Northwestern University, developed and launched a new iPhone app that gives oncologists a quick reference guide for preserving the fertility of children, women and men diagnosed with cancer,…

A fourth casita for the Arizona Transplant House at the Village at Mayo Clinic, which provides housing for out-of-town patients undergoing long-term transplant or cancer treatment, will open next week on the Phoenix campus of Mayo Clinic, according to a…

According to the Cancer Facts and Figures 2011 report released by the American Cancer Society, overall U.S. cancer death rates between 1990 and 2007 have decreased 22 percent in men and 14 percent in women.

Going against national trends of cardiac rehab, the JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, Fla., closed its cardiac rehabilitation center, citing a lack of money as the main cause, according to a Palm Beach Post report.