Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health has received a $5 million pledge to establish a clinical research and innovation fund for oncology. The pledge was made by Bruce Jacobs and Kenneth Levy in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Florham Park,…
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The University of Miami Health System has launched an AI-assisted program to flag incidental lung nodules found on emergency department imaging and connect patients to follow-up care. The Incidental Lung Nodule Clinic opened Sept. 14, according to an Oct. 12…
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has opened the Patient Survivorship and Supportive Care Room at UHealth SoLé Mia Medical Center in North Miami, Fla. The space was established with Not My…
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has received approval from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to build a cancer institute in Orland Park, Ill. The $275 million Northwestern Medicine St. George Cancer Institute will be funded in part by a…
Irving, Texas-based Christus Health has opened a $40 million cancer center in Longview, Texas, according to a Sept. 30 KLTV report. The cancer center will open to patients Oct. 5, the report said. It will offer radiation oncology along with…
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Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health has expanded its cancer care services with the addition of CAR-T cell therapy. UConn Health’s Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center is the second to offer CAR-T cell therapy in Connecticut, according to a Sept.…
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has launched a joint venture with the particle accelerator technology manufacturer and supplier — Belgium-based Ion Beam Applications — that aims to help healthcare organizations develop and sustain proton therapy and advanced radiation oncology programs. The venture,…
University of Chicago Medicine has completed construction on the AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion, a seven-story, 575,000-square-foot facility on its Hyde Park campus. The pavilion will be Illinois’ first freestanding facility solely dedicated to cancer care, according to a Sept. 24…
Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System plans to open an outpatient cancer center in Venice, Fla. Preliminary site work has begun, with construction on the facility expected to be completed in 2028, according to a Sept. 24 news release from…
Indianapolis-based Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center has received $10 million to establish the Jeff Schwarz Center for Neuro-Oncology Research. The Indiana University School of Medicine will contribute an additional $5 million to the center, which will…