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The University of Alabama at Birmingham O’Neal Cancer Center will expand and name its clinical trials program after receiving a $5 million gift.  The Estes Family Clinical Trials Program at the UAB O’Neal Cancer Center is named in honor of…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, part of Vanderbilt Health, will establish a pediatric leukemia program after receiving a $5 million gift.  The gift will support directorships in pediatric leukemia care advancements, cancer predisposition and precision oncology,…

A new cancer center providing medical oncology, radiation oncology and imaging services in Tullahoma, Tenn., opened Aug. 3. The operator, Nashville-based Tennessee Oncology, said Tullahoma Medical Center “expands access to advanced cancer treatments and diagnostic services, reducing the need for…

Tampa-based Moffitt Cancer Center purchased 34 acres in Lakeland, Fla. for its new outpatient facility, Tampa Bay Business Journal reported Aug. 3. In 2025, Moffitt saw more than 1,450 new patients who lived in Polk County and is opening its…

Columbus-based OhioHealth has opened the Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Clinic, a site designed to speed up cancer testing and specialist referrals. The clinic, located inside the OhioHealth Bing Cancer Center, opened July 6, according to a July 31 health system news…

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will purchase Proton Center of Arkansas and resume proton therapy services Aug. 1. The purchase is subject to approval by the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, according to a July 30…

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board has approved Evanston-based Endeavor Health’s plan to build a $175 million cancer and neuroscience center on the Northwest Community Hospital campus in Arlington Heights, the health system confirmed to Becker’s. The project…

New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine has received a $2.5 million, three-year grant from the Defense Department to develop lower-side-effect therapies for triple-negative breast cancer. Triple-negative breast cancer lacks the estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and HER2 proteins that many targeted…

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have begun construction on an estimated $1.68 billion cancer hospital in Boston. The work begins with the deconstruction of the former Joslin Diabetes Center building at 1 Joslin Place in Boston’s…

The Medical University of South Carolina board of trustees has advanced plans for a $1.1 billion cancer hospital in Charleston aimed at centralizing inpatient and outpatient oncology services. At its February meeting, the board reviewed the estimated cost and design…