U.S. News & World Report evaluated 899 hospitals across the country and ranked them for treating leukemia, lymphoma, melanoma, breast, kidney, colon, prostate, pancreatic, head and neck, orthopedic, uterine and ovarian cancers.
Author: Mariah Taylor
More than 1.9 million people are estimated to develop new cancer cases and more than 609,000 are estimated to die of cancer in 2023, according to estimates compiled by the American Cancer Society.
HCA Healthcare's Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond, Va., is the first in the nation to provide a new treatment for patients with brain metastases from lung cancer.
Detroit-based Karmanos Cancer Institute launched a questionnaire that identifies high-risk cancer patients with a few extra questions.
Healthcare professionals said health disparities and inadequate treatment options are their top concerns in oncology, according to a recent poll from Becker's on LinkedIn.
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Joseph Rosales, MD, was considering a few different specialties during training, but what drew him to oncology was the ability to have "very close and intense relationships with patients."
New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers found higher rates of hyperglycemia in patients treated with a common breast cancer medication than reported in the original clinical trial submitted to the FDA.
A Honolulu-based University of Hawai'i Cancer Center study found HMGB1 protein in asbestos is linked to development of mesothelioma, a rare cancer.
Oncologists receive more messages per day than other physicians but spend less time in electronic health records, researchers found.
Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center broke ground on a $668 million research facility Sept. 20, Houston Business Journal reported.