Oncology

Hackathons — events wherein programmers come together for days at a time to solve a problem — are a staple in the technology community. Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health is using a similar model to get high school students excited about…

Hersey, Pa.-based Penn State Health broke ground on its new cancer center.

In an age of advanced technology and personalized medicine, curing prostate cancer is not always necessary, the Association of American Medical Colleges said in a June 25 article.

Wu Liu, PhD, a medical physicist who created new imaging techniques and radiation treatments for cancer, died May 14 of brain cancer at 51.

Leaders at the American Society of Clinical Oncology published a formal document June 25 that outlines what the group deems as the most appropriate use of artificial intelligence when it comes to clinical oncology care.

There are predicted to be approximately 1.96 million new cancer cases in 2023, with a projected  609,000 deaths, USA Facts reported.

The Hospital of Central Connecticut, part of Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare, has filed an application with the state seeking permission to relocate its medical oncology service in a move it said will better accommodate expansions, the Hartford Business Journal reported June…

Orlando, Fla.-based AdventHealth Cancer Institute launched a first-of-its-kind bladder cancer vaccine trial that will use patient-customized mRNA vaccines.

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of North Carolina, has tapped Robert Ferris, MD, PhD, to become its next executive director, it announced June 19.

Nathan Berger, MD, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center's former chief of the hematology and oncology division, died June 16.