Cervical cancer could be eliminated by 2048, but only in high-income countries, according to a study published May 2 in The Lancet. Researchers from international academic institutions, including Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, projected future cervical cancer…
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Huntsville, Ala.-based Clearview Cancer Institute has partnered with Alliance Cancer Care to launch a Radiation Oncology Division. According to a May 4 news release, Alliance Cancer Care’s eight radiation oncologists will lead the new division. The practice treats patients across…
Nearly half of women incorrectly believe annual breast cancer screenings should begin at age 50, according to a study commissioned by Columbus-based Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.…
Eduardo Sotomayor, MD, PhD, is vice president and executive director of Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital’s Cancer Institute, where he is leading efforts to build a hybrid academic-community cancer model and pursue a National Cancer Institute designation. He recently spoke with…
Two years ago, New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell announced a partnership with the START Center for Cancer Research — a global network of clinical trial sites — to expand early phase clinical trial access in New York. The first site,…
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Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health Cancer Institute has received $3 million to improve patient care, the largest single donation received in the institute’s Upstate region. The first improvements funded by the gift will begin at Prisma Health Cancer Institute-Eastside in Greenville,…
President Donald Trump has nominated Nicole Saphier, MD, as surgeon general after withdrawing his prior pick, Casey Means, MD. “Nicole is a STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women facing breast cancer through their diagnosis and treatment while…
The prevalence of up-to-date lung cancer screening among eligible individuals increased 6% between 2022 and 2024, according to a study published April 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine. For the study, researchers from Lexington-based University of Kentucky analyzed Behavioral Risk Factor…
Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has appointed Kim Slusser, PhD, RN, the inaugural chief nurse executive. Dr. Slusser will begin serving in the role May 1, according to an April 29 news release from the cancer center. …
An AI model developed by researchers at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic detected pancreatic cancer on abdominal CT scans taken up to three years before clinical diagnosis, according to a study published April 28 in Gut. The model, called the Radiomics-based…