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Oncology

Cancer survival among young adults has increased since the ACA's Dependent Care Expansion passed in 2010, allowing Americans to stay on their parents' health insurance plans until turning 26 years old, according to a study published Oct. 7 in Cancer. 

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai is participating in the National Cancer Institute's first long-term national study of cancer among Asian Americans. Led by the University of California San Francisco, the study aims to learn why Asian Americans experience higher rates of cancer…

Advancements in immunotherapy and personalized medicine have pushed the oncology field forward, according to leaders from MD Anderson and City of Hope who shared their insights with Becker's.

The U.S. spent $99 billion on both oral and clinician-administered cancer therapies in 2023, according to a report published in April by analytics firm IQVIA. As cancer drug prices continue to increase, spending is projected to grow.

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Along with the premarket approval of Siemens' 3D breast-imaging technology, the FDA  approved seven oncology and hematology drugs in September. 

Six U.S. health systems and cancer centers have joined the recently launched Together for Supportive Cancer Care consortium alongside more than 30 research institutions and advocacy groups with the aim to make supportive cancer care the standard of care.

Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD, a CAR-T therapy innovator and one of the world's top immunologists, has left New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for two new roles at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, also in New York City.

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