Author: Elizabeth Gregerson

Heart disease and cancer remained the leading causes of death in 2023, according to provisional data released Aug. 8 by the CDC.

Radiotherapy significantly lowers breast tumor recurrence but has little effect on survival, according to a long-term study published Aug. 7 in The Lancet Oncology.

HHS has awarded almost $9 million to 18 health centers across the country.

Munster, Ind.-based health system Powers Health and Dyer, Ind.-based oncology group Northwest Cancer Centers have partnered to open a new cancer center.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has named Gary Deutsch, MD, chief of the surgical oncology division at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine.

Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia has promoted Richard Bleicher, MD, to chief of the center's new breast surgery division.

The total U.S. healthcare system costs for initial cancer screenings in 2021 were an estimated $43 billion, according to a study published Aug. 5 in The Annals of Internal Medicine.

Aspirin use was associated with a lower risk of colon cancer for some patients, according to a study published Aug. 1 in JAMA Oncology.

The FDA has approved the gene therapy Tecelra for treatment of synovial sarcoma.

The FDA has granted designations for cancer drug therapies addressing pancreatic cancer and melanoma.