Oncology

A genomic analysis of lung cancer in people with no history of smoking found a majority of tumors arising from the accumulation of mutations caused by natural body processes, according to findings published Sept. 6 in Nature Genetics.

The OhioHealth Delaware Medical Campus is now providing stereotactic radiosurgery, a precise form of minimally invasive radiation therapy used to treat abnormalities in the brain and spine, the health system said Sept. 7. 

Here are four cancer-related partnerships formed since Aug. 13. 

Johnson & Johnson sunscreen product recalls was Becker's most read story in summer 2021. 

Here are seven hospitals, health systems and cancer treatment centers that have expanded their cancer care facilities or shared plans to open new centers since Aug. 11. 

Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City has selected Sam Yoon, MD, to lead its newly launched division of surgical oncology. 

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is renovating its Patty & George Hoag Cancer Center. The renovations will add 34,000-square-feet and cost more than $30 million. 

Guthrie Cortland (N.Y.) Medical Center unveiled its new cancer center Sept. 1 and will open to patients Sept. 27. 

Diagnoses for eight common types of cancer fell significantly during the first year of the pandemic, according to a study published Aug. 31 in JAMA Network Open. 

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network's updated COVID-19 vaccination guidelines now recommend cancer patients receive a third dose of mRNA vaccine.