Oncology

Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National has named Andrew Dauber, MD, director of the Center for Precision Medicine and Genomics Research.  Dr. Dauber will continue to serve as chief of endocrinology in addition to his new role, according to a July 1…

Hartford, Conn.-based Trinity Health of New England has begun an assessment process with the intent of joining Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Cancer Care Collaborative. If approved, Trinity Health of New England will become a member of the collaborative by January…

On June 1, CMS published an interim final rule outlining how states should carry out work requirements under which low-income, nonpregnant adults ages 19 to 64 must work, perform community service or attend school for at least 80 hours a…

Former National Cancer Institute Director Monica Bertagnolli, MD, has begun serving as president of the National Academy of Medicine.  Dr. Bertagnolli previously served as the 17th director of the National Institutes of Health and the 16th director of the NCI,…

A surgical team at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health became the first in the U.S. to use intraoperative PET-CT imaging to successfully resect a breast cancer mass.  The procedure was led by Denise Garcia, MD, assistant professor of surgery in the…

Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health has opened a $95 million cancer center on the Sinai Hospital of Baltimore campus.  Care teams will begin seeing patients at the Mandy & Dennis Weinman Cancer Building July 10, according to a June 26 news release…

Following his February appointment, David Gius, MD, PhD, has begun serving as director of the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center. Dr. Gius was also appointed professor in the department of radiation oncology, according to a July 1 news release from…

In 2025, the five-year cancer survival rate in the U.S. reached 70% for the first time — a milestone that translates to about 18.6 million cancer survivors.  The growing cancer survivor population is pushing health systems to rethink what happens…

The American Association for Cancer Research has called the proposed federal grant regulations published May 29 by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget “reckless” and a “major threat” to the National Institutes of Health.  “The intention of these…

Researchers at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine’s Rogel Cancer Center and Stanford (Calif.) University will extend genetic testing to at-risk relatives of cancer patients with hereditary mutations. The services will be provided through a $3.2 million grant from the National Cancer…