Oncology

New York City-based NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center researchers identified a gene that drives the development of the second most common type of lung cancer, and a way to improve treatment.

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine researchers recently found that a machine-learning algorithm that predicts mortality risk in cancer patients quadrupled the rates of end-of-life care conversations with patients.

U.S. cancer deaths dropped by 33 percent over the past three decades, according to the American Cancer Society. Cancer mortality rates peaked in 1991.

Jeffrey Peterson, PhD, a pioneering researcher in chemical biology and cancer, died of rectal cancer Jan. 2 at age 53, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Here are 70 oncology leaders who started new roles in 2022:

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found an increase in the number of California women 65 and older who are diagnosed with late-stage cervical cancer and dying from the disease.

Here are five oncologists starting new roles as of Dec. 7:

Many cancer tumors defend themselves using the body's regulatory T-cells, making treatment difficult. But a new implant created by researchers at the University of California Los Angeles is designed to stop tumors from hijacking T-cells and allow treatment to reach…

Here are the top 10 oncology stories published by Becker's in December, starting with the most popular:

Here are six recent cancer center openings, ground breakings and expansions: