Author: Mackenzie Bean

Physicians at Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are witnessing the consequences of delayed cancer screenings, which are still down from pre-pandemic levels, Bloomberg reported April 11.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital is planning to build the Tampa Bay region's first freestanding proton therapy center, the hospital said Oct. 25.

Diagnoses for eight common types of cancer fell significantly during the first year of the pandemic, according to a study published Aug. 31 in JAMA Network Open. 

Globally, about one in five pediatric cancer patients who contracted COVID-19 had a severe or critical infection, according to a study published Aug. 26 in The Lancet Oncology. 

McLaren Flint (Mich.) Hospital has added four physicians to its medical team to provide gynecologic oncology services patients would otherwise have to travel to receive, The Flushing View reported Aug. 26.

Morrison Cancer Center to open new facility in September  Morrison Cancer Center in Hastings, Neb., will open a new treatment facility at Grand Island (Neb.) Regional Medical Center in September.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia appointed Sarah Tasian, MD, as section chief of hematologic malignancies, the hospital said this month.

The Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at HCA Houston Healthcare has selected Navneet Majhail, MD, to serve as deputy physician-in-chief of blood cancers, the organization said June 22.

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey will break ground on a $750 million cancer facility June 24. 

U.S. News & World Report released its 2021-22 Best Children's Hospitals ranking for cancer care June 15, with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia taking the top spot.