Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health’s cancer center has launched a new division dedicated to developing treatment models that reduce the environmental footprint of cancer care and ensure resiliency amid climate change-related disruptions. The Division of Resilient and Sustainable Cancer Care at…
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The most deadly cancers receive the lowest levels for federal research funding, according to a study published April 20 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from the National Cancer Institute used Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program registry data from 2015–2022…
The American College of Radiology has raised concerns over new mammography guidelines issued by the American College of Physicians. The American College of Physicians guidelines, published April 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, say patients ages 50-74 with an…
St. Louis-based SSM Health will renovate and modernize the cancer center at St. Anthony Hospital – Shawnee (Okla.) after receiving a $3 million donation from the Avedis Foundation. The renovations will be completed in three phases, beginning with the installation…
Community health workers are saving thousands in avoided ED visits and hospitalizations, but they are still an underfunded resource in healthcare, The New York Times reported April 18. Community health workers have been around since the 1960s and tend to…
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UMC Health System and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, both based in Lubbock, Texas, have opened the UMC TLC² Foundation Cancer Center. The facility is nearly three times larger than the previous cancer center and features dozens of…
Missoula-based Montana Cancer Center at Providence St. Patrick Hospital — part of Renton, Wash.-based Providence health system — has received a $15,000 grant from the American Cancer Society to expand patient transportation and lodging services. The grant is part of…
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has given grants to researchers at four U.S. cancer centers for initiatives aimed at improving lung cancer screening adherence. According to an April 16 news release from the organization, the researchers are: The National Comprehensive…
Mount Sinai Health System, based in New York City, will adopt an artificial intelligence-powered platform from SOPHiA GENETICS to expand its cancer research and genomic testing capabilities. The health system plans to use the SOPHiA DDM Platform to strengthen next-generation…
The University of Chicago Medicine’s AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion is expected to open April 2027. The pavilion will be the first freestanding facility solely dedicated to cancer in Illinois, according to an April 15 news release from UChicago Medicine. The…