Oncology

A January report from the Texas Department of Health Services found children living near a former railroad yard in Houston's historically Black Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens neighborhood contracted leukemia at a five times greater rate compared to the state…

Dallas-based Texas Oncology has tapped Jason Shook to serve in an expanded role as CFO and COO.

Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD, joined Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida, as chief scientific officer, deputy director and chief of solid tumor medical oncology Jan. 21. 

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is opening a new outpatient facility in Chestnut Hill, Mass., Jan. 28, the Boston-based organization said Jan. 22. 

Alcohol consumption contributed to 4.8 percent of all U.S. cancer cases and 3.2 percent of cancer deaths, translating to 75,199 cases and 18,947 deaths between 2013 and 2016, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology Jan. 19. 

Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter's Health claims a former oncologist at the health system incorrectly treated a patient for lung cancer for 11 years when, at the time of the patient's death, it was determined they did not have the disease,…

Researchers at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's pharmacy school in Amarillo now have access to a microscope so powerful it can make living cells visible, local news station KFDA reported Jan. 19. 

The suicide rate among people with cancer has fallen in the last two decades, according to research published Jan. 19 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 

Detroit-based Henry Ford Cancer Institute is set to open a new cancer pavilion Jan. 20. The Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion will offer precision medicine, clinical trials and supportive services across 14 specialty clinics. 

Chicago-based Loretto Hospital is providing free cervical cancer screenings for local residents through the end of the month, according to a news release sent to Becker's.