The American Cancer Society has received $25 million to support free lodging for cancer patients and their caregivers in Chicago. The Beverly and Richard Duchossois Hope Lodge Chicago is named in honor of donor Kim Duchossois and her family, according…
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Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan has opened a first-of-its-kind facility dedicated to histotripsy — a noninvasive, ultrasound-based cancer treatment. The $10 million University of Michigan Histotripsy Center is available for researchers both inside and outside the university, according to a…
Ascension St. Vincent’s St. Johns (Fla.) County hospital has opened a neuro-oncology clinic to coordinate care across specialties. Aristotelis Filippidis, MD, PhD, director of neurosurgical oncology, leads the clinic alongside a multidisciplinary oncology team, according to a Sept. 18 news…
Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has broken ground on a new cancer facility, the Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute. The cancer center is expected to open in 2028, according to a Sept. 16 news release from Nicklaus…
Owensboro (Ky.) Health plans to relocate medical oncology, hematology and infusion services from Mitchell Memorial Cancer Center to Owensboro Health Regional Hospital in summer 2027. The new cancer facilities will occupy an entire hospital floor and be staffed by the…
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New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has partnered with OpenEvidence to expand access to precision medicine insights. Cancer type-specific information found in Memorial Sloan Kettering’s precision oncology knowledge base, called OncoKB, will now be integrated within OpenEvidence and…
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has unveiled an updated, more compact mobile lung cancer screening unit. The new unit — called the EDDY Mobile Lung Cancer Screening Center — replaces a mobile screening vehicle that had been in…
Phoenix-based City of Hope Arizona will open its fifth cancer center Sept. 30 in Prescott, Ariz. City of Hope Cancer Center Prescott will offer medical, radiation and breast surgical oncology, according to a Sept. 15 news release. The facility will…
Restaurant chain Chili’s Bar & Grill has committed to raising $150 million for Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The funding will be distributed over the next 15 years and used to support the new Chili’s Clinical Center at…
Houston-based Kinder Children’s Cancer Center has received a $10 million commitment from the Robert R. and Kay M. Onstead Foundation. The gift will support capital projects for the cancer center, which is a joint venture between the University of Texas…