Lexington-based University of Kentucky has topped off the new UK Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Building. The building will be the new home of the UK Markey Cancer Center, as well as a spine center, ambulatory surgery space and other outpatient services, according…
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New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine has received a $2.5 million, three-year grant from the Defense Department to develop lower-side-effect therapies for triple-negative breast cancer. Triple-negative breast cancer lacks the estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and HER2 proteins that many targeted…
An immunotherapy dosing program saved an estimated $296,000 in drug costs over 12 months at one VA medical center, according to a study published July 15 in NEJM Catalyst. Researchers at Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center…
Financial conflicts of interest were present in the majority of cancer research reviewed in a study published July 15 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers from New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University reviewed 36 studies published since 2015…
When most people hear “radiation therapy,” they think of cancer treatment. But that same pinpoint precision that targets cancerous tumors can do a lot more — ease inflammation, calm overactive nerves and alleviate pain, all without surgery. In fact, physicians…
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Durham, N.C.-based Duke University School of Medicine has appointed Michael Lidsky, MD, chief of the section of hepatopancreatobiliary surgery within the division of surgical oncology. Dr. Lidsky succeeds Dan Blazer, MD, who has served as section chief since 2020, according…
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has opened a cancer pavilion in Rome, Ga. The facility has a breast center, on-site laboratory and pharmacy services, hematology and oncology specialists, nurse navigators, dietitians, social workers, and chaplain services, according to a July 16…
A pancreatic cancer vaccine produced immune responses that remained detectable for up to two years post-vaccination, according to a study published July 16 in Cancer Discovery. Researchers from Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins…
An algorithm developed by researchers from Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham can predict a patient’s cancer risk based on genetic factors and clinical data found in the EHR. The team trained the algorithm, called Aladynoulli,…
Patients diagnosed with cancer within 30 days of an emergency department visit had a higher mortality risk than patients diagnosed with cancer through routine care, according to a study published July 14 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.…