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Author: Mariah Taylor

LSU Health, LCMC Health, Louisiana Cancer Research Center and Tulane University, all based in New Orleans, are collaborating to bring the state's first National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center, but recruitment efforts stand in the way, nola.com reported Dec. 4.

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Bryan Burt, MD, an internationally renowned surgeon-scientist and surgical oncologist, was named chief of thoracic surgery at UCLA Health.

Youth cancer mortality fell 24% in the past two decades, the CDC's National Center of Health Statistics found.

Decatur, Texas-based Wise Health System is relocating some of its oncology services and closing its radiation therapy services Dec. 1, The Messenger reported Nov. 15.

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