Oncology

Researchers at Boston-based Mass General Cancer Center found a treatment that reduced a rare type of brain tumor by an average of 91 percent in a clinical trial.

Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging does not "significantly reduce positive margins" following breast-conserving surgery, according to trial study findings published July 10 in The Asco Post.

Luis Diaz Jr., MD, was one of the researchers who led a 2022 clinical trial of a specific type of rectal cancer with a 100 percent success rate, Fast Company reported July 6.

Here are the top five cancer hospitals in Texas, according to U.S. News & World Report rankings:

Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health has stayed ahead of the cancer drug shortages thanks in part to its supply chain strategy, officials told The Keene Sentinel July 8.

Thirty-eight oncologists made Castle Connolly's list of top Asian American and Pacific Islander physicians.

Susan Love, MD, breast cancer surgeon, researcher and activist, died July 2 at age 75, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Cancer Center is offering some patients chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in an outpatient setting.

Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope has named David Craig, PhD, professor and founding chair of the newly created department of integrative translational sciences within the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope.

In a win for artificial intelligence, a study conducted at Baptist Health's Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital revealed the possibility of detecting breast cancer up to two years sooner using AI compared with human analysis of mammograms alone, Kathy Schilling,…