Columbus-based Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute has launched a program dedicated to patients with early-onset and young adult cancers. The BRIDGE Program — which stands for Building Research Innovation…
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Atlanta-based Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University has launched a lung cancer screening program that harnesses AI to detect pulmonary nodules found during CT scans. The Emory Healthcare Lung Screening and Nodule Program aims to diagnose and treat lung cancer…
Five years after participating in an allogenic CAR-T cell therapy trial, a multiple myeloma patient has remained disease-free. After being diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2018, a 63-year-old patient underwent multiple years of standard-of-care therapy at Cleveland Clinic. Despite experiencing…
HHS has appointed Harvey Risch, MD, PhD, as chairman of the President’s Cancer Panel. Dr. Risch is professor emeritus and senior research scientist in epidemiology at New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, according…
San Francisco-based UCSF Health and Fremont, Calif.-based Washington Health have opened the UCSF-Washington Cancer Center, also in Fremont. The organizations held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house Dec. 11, the Tri-City Voice reported Dec. 16. The cancer center houses 17…
UnitedHealthcare reached a settlement of no more than $6.75 million in a class-action lawsuit over coverage of proton beam therapy for cancer patients, according to a Dec. 12 court filing in the Massachusetts U.S. District Court. Proton beam therapy is…
Tampa (Fla.) General Cancer Institute has partnered with virtual oncology platform Reimagine Care to expand access to cancer care and reduce avoidable hospitalizations. Four details:
A drug screening platform designed by researchers at Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital can rapidly identify new and effective drug combinations for cancer and other diseases, according to a study published Dec. 15 in Nature Communications. The platform,…
The Smilow Cancer Hospital at Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital will receive $25 million from an anonymous donor in honor of retired oncologist Dickerman Hollister, MD. The gift will be used toward the renovation and expansion of cancer care facilities within Greenwich…
Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health has added the Cancer & Blood Specialty Clinic as an affiliate to its physician network. The partnership will streamline UCI Health’s tertiary and quaternary cancer care services with Cancer & Blood Specialty Clinic’s oncology and hematology…