Oncology

Of 16,732 patients with metastatic prostate cancer who died after being diagnosed between 2000 and 2016, nearly 17 percent died from other causes, according to a study published Aug. 5 in JAMA Network Open.

U.S. News & World Report evaluated 913 hospitals for cancer care for its 2021-22 rankings, scoring them based on patient outcomes, volume of high-risk patients, patient experience, nurse staffing and advanced clinical technologies.

Morrison Cancer Center to open new facility in September  Morrison Cancer Center in Hastings, Neb., will open a new treatment facility at Grand Island (Neb.) Regional Medical Center in September.

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth is building a $3.2 million dollar infusion center at its Hulston Cancer Center that's expected to be complete in December. 

A new initiative remotely connects cancer patients in India to oncologists and clinical trials at New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. 

Many U.S. cancer centers don't offer chemical dependency services for patients with substance use disorders, according to research published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network's July issue. 

Here five are hospitals, health systems or cancer institutes that have expanded their facilities or shared plans to open new centers since July 13. 

Recent oncology studies have focused on the effect of misinformation in cancer treatment articles on social media, the benefits of smoking cessation after a lung cancer diagnosis and more. 

Lung cancer patients who quit smoking after diagnosis lived nearly 22 months longer than patients who continued smoking, according to research published July 27 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Johnson & Johnson's voluntary recall of five sunscreen products after internal testing detected low levels of benzene was Becker's most-read oncology story in July.