Oncology

Massachusetts has the highest rate of mammograms at 88 percent, according to a report released Oct. 3 by personal finance site ValuePenguin.

In at least two cases, patients in Ohio had to leave the state for abortions before they could get cancer treatment, The 19th reported Oct. 7.

Biotechnology company RadioMedix has raised $40 million in series A funding; the company plans to use the new funding to advance its flagship radiopharmaceutical, AlphaMedix.

Value-based care models and arrangements keep evolving. With CMS preparing to upgrade its current value-based Oncology Care Model (OCM) to the Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM), cancer centers are keen for insights that can help them participate and be successful.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Cancer is welcoming nine oncology specialists to its affiliate, Huntington Cancer Center in Pasadena, Calif.

American Oncology Network entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Digital Transformation Opportunities Corp. and will become a public company. 

New cancer vaccine research shines a positive light on the possibility of cancer vaccines. Three new vaccines are being studied in patients with pancreatic and breast cancer and colon polyps, The New York Times reported Oct. 10.

A landmark study suggests colonoscopies are not as effective as previously thought, though they can still help some.

Here are five oncology firsts Becker's has covered since Sept. 12:

Pueblo West, Colo.-based St. Mary-Corwin Hospital opened a new breast cancer center Oct. 5, The Pueblo Chieftain reported.