Oncology

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Lebanon, N.H., has installed radiation vision cameras in its radiotherapy treatment rooms, allowing clinicians to see real-time video of the radiation treatment beam as it's directed on patients via a process known as…

The Proton Collaborative Group, the world's largest proton therapy research consortium, named Charles Simone, MD, as president Feb. 11.

A $5 million grant will fund a new diversity-centered cancer research program at the American Cancer Society, the organization said Feb. 9. 

Stanford (Calif.) Medicine and Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health plan to open an outpatient cancer center in Oakland that's expected to be completed as early as 2024, the health systems said Feb. 9. 

The use of a take-at-home test led to a more than 1,000 percent jump in colorectal cancer screening rates among patients at a Philadelphia-based urban community health center, according to study findings recently published in the Journal of General Internal…

A $7 million gift will fund an endowed chair and research fellowships focused on addressing health disparities in cancer care at New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. 

Here are five recent cancer partnerships and affiliations formed since Jan. 14. 

People who are exposed to high amounts of artificial light at night may be at increased risk of developing thyroid cancer, according to research findings published Feb. 8 in the American Cancer Society's Cancer journal. 

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

Several recent donations totaling $3.35 million will advance immunotherapy research at Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center.