Oncology

The American Cancer Society awarded nearly $3.9 million in funding to 77 health systems across the country for lodging costs of cancer patients, providing an estimated 20,000 nights of lodging, the organization said Dec. 9. 

While colonoscopy is the most recommended screening method for colorectal cancers, clinicians often offer alternatives if patients are unwilling to undergo the invasive procedure, a Mayo Clinic study published Dec. 14 found.

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has named Jonathan Riess, MD, the new medical director of its thoracic oncology program, the system said Dec. 15.

Livingston, N.J.-based Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center recently became one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to use the Monarch Platform, a robotic bronchoscopy technology used to detect lung cancer, the hospital said Dec. 9. 

Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Cancer Institute plans to open a new facility at WVU Medicine Potomac Valley Hospital in Keyser, W.Va., in January. 

Dennis Kraus, MD, and Jeffrey Albert, MD, have joined Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health's oncology service line. 

McLaren Flint (Mich.) hospital is embarking on a $46 million project to expand the Karmanos Cancer Institute and the McLaren Proton Therapy Center.

A story about a common vaccine side effect was Becker's most-read oncology story in 2021. 

These fifteen oncologists joined new practices, received new appointments or left their positions over the last few weeks.

Recent studies from Yale Cancer Center have focused on telemedicine health visits by race, the effect of a diabetes drug on breast cancer and more.