Becker's Oncology

Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University will open its $650 million cancer center on April 7, The Oregonian reported Feb. 17. Vista Pavilion is a 14-story, 530,000-square-foot facility that will host 128 new inpatient beds. It will be connected to…

The Medical University of South Carolina board of trustees has advanced plans for a $1.1 billion cancer hospital in Charleston aimed at centralizing inpatient and outpatient oncology services. At its February meeting, the board reviewed the estimated cost and design…

Nurses at USC Norris Cancer Center and USC Keck Hospital in Los Angeles are set to begin a seven-day strike Feb. 19. The union represents more than 1,400 nurses across both facilities, which are part of Keck Medicine of USC,…

University of Kansas Health System and University of Kansas Medical Center, both based in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo.-based Children’s Mercy have joined forces to establish a fully integrated theranostics platform for adult and pediatric patients.  The health…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has installed the first magnetic nanoparticle-mediated hyperthermia machine in the U.S. The installation was completed in November and the first patient was treated with the machine as part of a clinical trial in December, according to…

Katie Little, RN, BSN, AS, OCN, is nurse manager at Inova Schar Cancer. At Fairfax West, one of five infusion centers in the Inova system, she and her team faced a familiar challenge for infusion leaders: how to expand hours…

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center raised its operating margin to 7.4% in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, up from 3.8% during the same period last year, which executive vice president and CFO Joanna Weiss attributed to a strong team…

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center will build an outpatient center in Lakeland, Fla., marking the first facility of Moffitt’s future Central Florida campus. The outpatient center was made possible through a $10 million gift from Wesley and Ashley Bell Barnett,…

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has launched an online dashboard that consolidates state- and county-level cancer data such as incidence, mortality and screening trends.  The North Carolina Cancer Health Assets and Needs Assessment dashboard is publicly available…

Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple University Health have tapped James Ferriss, MD, as system chief of gynecologic oncology. Dr. Ferriss will serve as an associate professor of gynecologic oncology and see patients at Temple University Hospital, Fox Chase…