Columbus-based Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute has named Ann-Kathrin Eisfeld, MD, director of precision genomics clinical transformation. OSUCCC-James CEO Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, shared news of the appointment in a July 12 LinkedIn…
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A second scan using prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography changed treatment plans for nearly half of patients with recurrent prostate cancer whose initial scan was negative, according to research published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear…
The FDA has approved Sanofi’s subcutaneous Sarclisa Escena in combination with standard-of-care regimens for patients with multiple myeloma across all existing indications of the intravenous formulation, making it the first anticancer treatment administered through an on-body injector. Sarclisa Escena is…
Ahead of their rumored wedding, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donated $26 million to 20 charities across the country, including several children’s hospitals, according to ABC7 New York, which first reported the donations July 2. Among the recipients were MSK…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has appointed Matthew Weiss, MD, as senior vice president and chair of the department of surgery for Hempstead, N.Y.-based Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Long Island Jewish Medical…
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New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine has tapped Timothy Donahue, MD, as chair of the department of surgery. Dr. Donahue will also serve as surgeon-in-chief at New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, according to a July 9 news release…
Joseph Fraumeni Jr., MD, a cancer epidemiologist and founding director of the National Cancer Institute’s Division Of Cancer Epidemiology And Genetics, died June 22, according to a July 9 report from The New York Times. He was 93. Dr. Fraumeni…
Chemotherapy drugs cisplatin, carboplatin, oxaliplatin and ifosfamide are in shortage again, but five health systems are managing without the treatment delays and drug rationing that defined 2023. Shortages of the drugs have been straining hospital supply chains since June, with…
Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has filed a Determination of Need application with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to reopen a radiation oncology clinic in partnership with Lawrence, Mass.-based Merrimack Health. The clinic would open on the Merrimack Health campus…
Among surveyed women, 84% said they were somewhat or very willing to use a self-sampling kit to test for human papillomavirus while receiving care in an emergency department, according to a study published July 7 in BMC Public Health. Researchers…