Oncology

Here are the top 10 oncology stories Becker's covered in September:

Novant Health Wallace Cancer Institute in Salisbury is the first facility in North Carolina to offer virtual reality headsets to patients receiving cancer treatment. 

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center launched a health equity program Oct. 3 to improve cancer health disparities locally and nationally. 

Aubrey Evans, MD, renowned scientist, medical administrator and advocate for children, died Sept. 29 in her home in Philadelphia at age 97, The Washington Post reported.

Here are six breast cancer studies, grants and patient care stories Becker's covered since Sept. 20.

More than 16,000 cancer deaths between March and December 2020 involved COVID-19 complications, according to a Sept. 28 American Cancer Society news release.

Here are six new cancer centers Becker's has covered since Sept. 7:

Here are 11 oncology-related studies Becker's has covered since Sept. 1:

Paterson, N.J.-based St. Joseph’s Health and Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health will open an infusion center on the St. Joseph’s Wayne (N.J.) Medical Center campus.

A national survey conducted by Orlando Health Cancer Institute found only 43 percent of women know their family history of breast cancer, and only 32 percent know their individual risk factors for cancer.