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There are 38 health systems and medical centers that Optum may refer its payer and employer clients to for complex oncology care. Optum’s Centers of Excellence networks recognize providers that are clinically superior and offer cost-effective care for cancer, bariatric…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health has launched an AI partnership to accelerate and improve cancer drug discovery. Through the partnership, Vanderbilt Health’s Molecular AI Initiative will collaborate with Bertis, an AI-driven proteomics-based precision medicine company, according to a March 3 health…
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has established the King Center for Lynch Syndrome at the University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center. The center is the first of its kind in the world and was established through a $10 million gift from Cynthia…
Global breast cancer incidence is projected to reach more than 3.5 million cases and 1.37 million deaths by 2050, up from 2.3 million cases and 764,000 deaths in 2023, according to a study published in March in The Lancet Oncology. …
Non-Hispanic Black patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer are 8% to 9% less likely to receive curative treatment compared to non-Hispanic white patients, according to a study published March 2 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from New Haven, Conn.-based…
Physicians at Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Cancer Institute became the first in the U.S. to perform an endoscopic ultrasound-guided microwave ablation procedure on a pancreatic tumor. The procedure was led by Shailendra Singh, MD, according to a March 2 news release…
NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health has opened a newly renovated oncology and infusion center, bringing breast cancer prevention, infusion therapy, plastic surgery, rheumatology, medical oncology and survivorship services to one coordinated space. The $2 million renovation expanded the center’s…
Once viewed primarily as weight loss and diabetes drugs, GLP-1 medications are drawing increased scrutiny in oncology. Leaders are beginning to examine what the drugs could mean for cancer risk and outcomes, as a growing body of research suggests the…
Naples (Fla.) Comprehensive Health has received $10 million to support women’s cancer care services. The gift will fund services across multiple NCH facilities, including an outpatient infusion center and the women’s oncology surgical wing at NCH North Hospital, according to…
Adults younger than 65 now account for 45% of all newly diagnosed colorectal cancer cases in the U.S., up from 27% in 1995, according to the American Cancer Society’s “Colorectal Cancer Statistics, 2026” report published March 2 in CA: A…
