Oncology

Five cancer care specialists and oncology service line leaders discuss how they are taking care of patients as their states see huge spikes in COVID-19 cases.

Seth D. Cohen, MD, will serve as regional director of oncology services for the RWJBarnabas Health Southern Region, a newly created position.

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center tapped Issam El Naqa, PhD, as the founding chair of its new machine learning department, according to a July 20 news release. 

Clinicians are more likely to discuss reproductive risks with female patients than male patients before starting chemotherapy, a new study shows.

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the U.S. in March, leaders at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City realized they needed a program to care for patients with both cancer and COVID-19 at home, according to…

Chronic conditions that can increase risk for colorectal cancer are rising, especially among millennials, according to a new report from Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Columbus-based Ohio State University will begin using a new pre-clinical medical accelerator device to beam radiation treatments at a higher dose rate for cancer patients.

Death rates after complex cancer surgery were linked to a hospital's star rating designated by CMS, decreasing with an increase in the rating, a new study shows.

Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie, Ga., has started construction of a $7.7 million radiation oncology center.

Margaret Mary Health in Batesville, Ind., has partnered with The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati for medical oncology services.