Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has appointed Fabien Maldonado, MD, and Evan Osmundson, MD, PhD, as co-leaders of its thoracic oncology program. As a leadership team, they will focus on identifying “gaps and opportunities to improve prevention, detection and treatment…
Author: Elizabeth Gregerson
Oncologist compensation dropped about 2% in 2025, according to Medscape‘s “Oncologist Compensation Report” published May 15. Medscape surveyed 5,916 physicians across more than 29 specialties to identify and analyze compensation trends. Here are 11 things to know from the report. …
Minneapolis-based Allina Health reduced benign hematology scheduling timelines by 62.5% after employing a dedicated benign hematology intake registered nurse, according to an abstract being presented May 15 at the 2026 Oncology Nursing Society Congress. Here are three things to know…
The radiation oncology team at Eugene M. & Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute at Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital, part of Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health, has treated its first patient with proton therapy. The patient was initially recommended for…
New Orleans-based LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center has expanded its clinical trials office as it works toward a National Cancer Institute designation. Patrick Ma, MD, Yazmin Odia, MD, and Eileen Mederos, RN, will lead the office as associate director of…
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Two studies presented May 2-5 at the Digestive Disease Week conference in Chicago have identified potential risk factors associated with early-onset colorectal cancer, according to a May 13 Medscape report. The first study, led by researchers from Newark, N.J.-based New…
Among 11 cancer hospitals exempt from reporting to Medicare’s Inpatient Prospective Payment System, Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center had the lowest 30-day unplanned readmission rate between Oct. 1, 2023, and Sept. 30. 2024, according to CMS data published…
Enabling cancer patients to report their symptoms electronically improved overall quality-of-life outcomes and helped patients feel more in control of their care, according to a study published May 12 in JCO Oncology Practice. Fifty-two U.S. oncology practices conducted the trial…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health will receive a $2 million gift to support the Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute and Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute. The gift has been committed by the William, Jeff & Jennifer Gross Family Foundation,…
Between 2010 and 2021, breast cancer incidence increased across all disease types and stages, and among both men and women, according to a study published May 12 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from New York City-based Montefiore Medical Center, Boston-based…