Cervical cancer screening rates dropped substantially at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's Southern California division after the state implemented a stay-at-home order last spring, the CDC said in a Jan. 29 report.
Author: Mackenzie Bean
Dallas-based Texas Oncology has tapped Jason Shook to serve in an expanded role as CFO and COO.
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is opening a new outpatient facility in Chestnut Hill, Mass., Jan. 28, the Boston-based organization said Jan. 22.
The suicide rate among people with cancer has fallen in the last two decades, according to research published Jan. 19 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Li Li, MD, PhD, a family medicine physician and cancer researcher at UVA Health, has been appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the Charlottesville, Va.-based health system said Jan. 12.
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Boca Raton, Fla.-based Cancer Treatment Centers of America is partnering with CVS Health to expand patients' access to at-home chemotherapy services, the organizations said Jan. 12.
Japanese researchers have identified what is believed to be the first reported cases of women vaginally transmitting cervical cancer to their infants via birth, according to a case study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The FDA approved 53 new drugs this year, including 20 with indications related to oncology.
Cleveland Clinic will conduct a clinical trial for a breast cancer vaccine by spring 2021, reports Cleveland's Fox 8 News.
Esophageal cancer is increasing in adults under age 50, a study published Dec. 11 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found.