Oncology

The Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at HCA Houston Healthcare has selected Navneet Majhail, MD, to serve as deputy physician-in-chief of blood cancers, the organization said June 22.

All cancer patients or those with a history of cancer should be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine trials and other clinical trials, unless there is credible risk of harm from participation, the American Society of Clinical Oncology said June 23. 

Just 12.9 percent of eligible Medicare and Medicaid patients were screened for lung cancer between 2019-2021, despite having insurance coverage, according to a recent analysis of data from Epic's Health Research Network. 

The Mississippi State Department of Health has partnered with a patient engagement platform to provide free cancer survivorship services to qualifying state residents. 

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey will break ground on a $750 million cancer facility June 24. 

Of 423 encounters between oncologists and patients, just 5 percent included end-of-life discussions, with oncologists often shying away from such conversations even when the opportunity presented itself, according to findings recently published in JAMA Network Open.

For patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer, an aggressive form of the disease, surgery to remove the tumor before starting chemotherapy should lead to better outcomes than the reverse, according to research published June 14 in Proceedings of the National…

An urgent care center dedicated to cancer patients is slated to open in late fall at Saint Francis Hospital —  Memphis (Tenn.), The Commercial Appeal reported June 15.

U.S. News & World Report released its 2021-22 Best Children's Hospitals ranking for cancer care June 15, with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia taking the top spot.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has tapped Joseph Sparano, MD, as chief of hematology and medical oncology.