Becker's Oncology

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to an immunotherapy that may spare some patients with locally advanced rectal cancer from undergoing chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. The approval covers London-based GSK’s dostarlimab-gxly — sold under the brand name Jemperli — as…

As healthcare leaders celebrate the FDA’s approval of daraxonrasib — a pancreatic cancer drug that nearly doubled survival in clinical trials — two harsh realities remain: most pancreatic cancer patients are still diagnosed at a late stage, and those treated…

IRCAD North America, a surgical training and research center owned by Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, has partnered with the Society of Surgical Oncology to expand hands-on training for cancer surgeons. The society will hold surgical oncology training courses and evaluate…

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham and Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital have opened a radiation oncology center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The Tampa General Mass General Brigham Cancer Care center will be managed by Tampa General Hospital and staffed in…

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, both based in Boston, will transition to a new care model for breast cancer services, effective Oct. 19. Outpatient breast oncology services will be provided at Dana-Farber, while breast cancer surgical…