Becker's Oncology

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has launched a joint venture with the particle accelerator technology manufacturer and supplier — Belgium-based Ion Beam Applications — that aims to help healthcare organizations develop and sustain proton therapy and advanced radiation oncology programs.  The venture,…

Breast and prostate cancer incidence is rising among people of every race and ethnicity in the U.S., while lung cancer incidence and death rates are dropping sharply, according to the CDC’s “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of…

Siemens Healthineers debuted the Accela radiotherapy system Sept. 27 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology’s annual meeting in Boston.  The system — which is pending FDA clearance — can deliver stereotactic body radiation therapy to multiple sites in about…

Omaha, Neb.-based Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center has appointed Kelsey Klute, MD, vice chair of its protocol review and monitoring committee. Dr. Klute succeeds Adrian Black, PhD, the committee’s previous vice chair, according to a Sept. 25 news release…

Ascension Sacred Heart, which operates hospitals in Florida’s Pensacola, Panama City and Destin regions, has tapped Nikki Ireland as vice president of oncology. Ms. Ireland previously served as oncology director at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s Memorial Health University Medical Center…