Becker's Oncology

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…

HHS has launched its third clinical trial initiative in six months, this time aimed at trial design, site capacity and data infrastructure. The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health’s Simulation-augmented, Real-time Platform Adaptive Seamless Trials program, or SURPASS, aims to…

A pivotal year for cancer blood tests An FDA advisory panel voted Sept. 23 in favor of approving Grail’s Galleri multi-cancer early detection blood test, marking the first time a blood test of this kind has reached that stage of…

St. Louis-based WashU Medicine investigators received an $11.7 million NIH grant to study the role of inflammation in myeloproliferative neoplasms, a group of blood cancers. The grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will support four major research…

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center broke ground Sept. 9 on its expanded Broadview Community Outreach and Engagement Center, which opened in 2023.  The center works to address cancer disparities and improve outcomes by providing cancer prevention and screening…