Author: Mariah Taylor

A study by New York City-based NYU Langone Health found a combination of a drug and protein fragment that prevents the growth of blood cancer cells.

Atlanta-based Piedmont Oncology Institute named Walter Curran Jr., MD, its new chief.

Doris Ranski-Zazula, BSN, RN, was appointed vice president of the Detroit-based Karmanos Cancer Network, part of McLaren Health Care. 

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.

The Medical Board of California revoked the license of an oncologist who provided "sham treatment" to 1,000 patients, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Nov. 30.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health opened its $32 million cancer center.

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

The FDA published final guidelines for applicants submitting biologics license applications or new drug applications in its real-time oncology review pilot.

Portland, Maine-based Northern Light Mercy Hospital is partnering with Boston-based Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

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