Becker's Oncology

Only 7% of cancer patients in the U.S. participate in clinical trials, according to a report published Oct. 6 in JCO Oncology Practice.  Research from the report will be presented Oct. 10-11 at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology…

In 2026, New York will become the first U.S. state to require many large group health insurance policies to cover scalp-cooling treatment for patients undergoing chemotherapy, according to an Oct. 6 report from ABC News.  Scalp cooling works by reducing…

Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Cancer Center has appointed Tulika Ranjan, MD, as operations director for neuro-oncology.  Dr. Ranjan stepped into the role in July and will lead the development and expansion of neuro-oncology services at the cancer center, including access to…

Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and New Orleans-based Ochsner Health have established an Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center at Slidell (La.) Memorial Hospital. The new center marks the eighth Ochsner MD Anderson location since Ochsner Health joined…

A hard-to-detect form of breast cancer now makes up about 1 in 10 cases in the U.S., a recent American Cancer Society report found. “Although lobular breast cancer accounts for a little over 10% of all breast cancers, the sheer…

Cincinnati Children’s is the best hospital for pediatric cancer care in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2025-2026 ranking, published Oct. 7. For the ranking, U.S. News evaluated children’s hospitals’ clinical outcomes data — such as survival,…

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center will leave Independent Health’s Individual Medicare Advantage network in 2026. The move comes after Roswell Park learned the plan would start shifting more care costs to the patient, according to a statement shared…

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute plans to file a determination-of-need application with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to establish a proton therapy center.  The proton therapy center would be built on Dana-Farber’s Longwood medical campus, also in Boston, and will…

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Philadelphia-Jefferson Health, has opened the Peter and Odete Kelly Center for Personalized Cancer Immunotherapy at the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, also in Allentown.  The center was established through a $12 million gift…

Three researchers have cautioned against interpreting the recent rise of early-onset cancer incidence as a “true increase in cancer occurrence.” They shared their concerns in an article published Sept. 29 in JAMA Internal Medicine.  A recent American Cancer Society study…