Oncology

The American Cancer Society plans to partner with Howard University in Washington, D.C., and three other historically Black medical schools for its new Diversity in Cancer Research pilot program, according to an Oct. 7 WTOP report.

In 2018, the estimated cost of care for the 15 most common types of cancer in the U.S. was $156.2 billion, according to research published Oct. 6 in JAMA Network Open.

A local oncology practice has joined the Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Flint (Mich.) hospital. 

These five oncologists joined new practices or received new appointments over the last few weeks.

Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven (Conn.) has selected Lynn Wilson, MD, to serve as deputy chief medical officer for radiation oncology. 

Here are five hospitals, health systems and cancer treatment centers that have expanded their cancer care facilities or shared plans to open new centers since Sept. 13. 

Women Leaders in Oncology honored Pamela Kunz, MD, as 2021 Woman Oncologist of the Year during an Oct. 1 virtual ceremony. 

 Fort Myers-based Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute has selected Michael Diaz, MD, as president and managing physician, effective Jan. 1, 2022. 

New Haven, Conn.-based Yale Cancer Center's appointment of associate cancer center director for research affairs was Becker's most-read cardiology story in September. 

A large, patient-funded billboard in Helena, Mont., reads: "We Support Dr. Tom Weiner," the former oncologist at St. Peter's Health who was fired for allegedly harming cancer patients, according to Medscape.