Oncology

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute received a $72 million donation from the Pan-Mass Challenge, an athletic fundraiser.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has received a $25 million gift from Howard Meyers to establish a first-of-its-kind institute for oncology nursing.

RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey are partnering on cancer care and research, including building three new facilities.

Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope has selected Alan Bryce, MD, as the chief clinical officer of its Phoenix cancer center location, according to a Nov. 7 news release.

The District of Columbia has the highest number of active oncologists per capita.

Researchers from Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center are investigating whether primary or metastatic tumors can be used to produce personalized neoantigen-targeted cancer vaccines.

The American Oncology Network has launched a foundation to provide cancer patients with funding for non-medical related expenses, the organization announced Nov. 3. 

Researchers at Boston-based Mass General Brigham have discovered a key mutation that may be a driving factor in resistance to certain drugs used to treat breast cancer patients, according to a Nov. 2 news release. 

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute may be inching closer to an improved type of T-cell therapy that could "supercharge" their response against solid tumors, according to a Nov. 1 news release.

The American Cancer Society updated its lung cancer screening guidelines for the first time in a decade, with the goal of reducing deaths from disease due to smoking history.