Becker's Oncology

Pittsburgh-based UPMC Hillman Cancer Center has opened the Mario Lemieux Microbiome Innovation Center, to study the microbiome’s role in cancer prevention, treatment response and patient outcomes. The center  was established with a $5 million gift from the Mario Lemieux Foundation,…

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has received approval from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to build a cancer institute in Orland Park, Ill. The $275 million Northwestern Medicine St. George Cancer Institute will be funded in part by a…

Irving, Texas-based Christus Health has opened a $40 million cancer center in Longview, Texas, according to a Sept. 30 KLTV report. The cancer center will open to patients Oct. 5, the report said.  It will offer radiation oncology along with…

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has dosed the first patient in a phase 1 trial of an AI-designed CAR T-cell therapy for ovarian cancer. The therapy, GB-5267, was developed by Somerville, Mass.-based Generate Biomedicines, according to an Oct.…

Knoxville, Tenn.-based Covenant Health has tapped Matt Sturm as senior vice president of oncology services.  Mr. Sturm will oversee long-term oncology strategy systemwide and the expansion of Covenant Health Cancer Care, according to a Sept. 30 news release from Covenant…