Oncology

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute plans to file a determination-of-need application with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to establish a proton therapy center.  The proton therapy center would be built on Dana-Farber’s Longwood medical campus, also in Boston, and will…

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Philadelphia-Jefferson Health, has opened the Peter and Odete Kelly Center for Personalized Cancer Immunotherapy at the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, also in Allentown.  The center was established through a $12 million gift…

Three researchers have cautioned against interpreting the recent rise of early-onset cancer incidence as a “true increase in cancer occurrence.” They shared their concerns in an article published Sept. 29 in JAMA Internal Medicine.  A recent American Cancer Society study…

The rate of cancers in young adults is rising, and scientists are working to find what is behind the increase, The New York Times reported Oct. 1.  A study published in May found that rates for 14 cancers have increased…

Some of the largest cancer centers in the nation are leaning on nurse scientists to improve patient outcomes. There are two types of nurse scientists: those who are clinically focused and support front-line staff through quality improvement and unit-based projects,…

Kansas City-based University of Kansas Cancer Center will engage seven KU men’s and women’s basketball players to serve as brand ambassadors and elevate fundraising initiatives.  The athletes will appear across various multimedia channels to encourage donations to the KU Cancer…

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has opened a $14 million outpatient facility dedicated to breast and gynecologic cancers.  The Center for Women’s Cancer at the R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center in Lake Success, N.Y., integrates breast surgery, gynecologic oncology, medical…

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. named Anthony Letai, MD, PhD, director of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Letai most recently served as a medical oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, both…

Researchers at Detroit-based Karmanos Cancer Institute are harnessing robotic technology to accelerate the search for more effective pancreatic cancer treatments for pancreatic cancer, which has one of the highest mortality rates among all cancers. Leading those efforts is Asfar Azmi,…

The National Cancer Institute has proposed an $11.537 billion budget for fiscal 2027, increasing the appropriated budget by $4.313 billion, almost double the proposed increase from fiscal 2026. Here is how the NCI proposal breaks down the budget increase: Read…