Columbus-based Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute has launched a fully remote clinical trial for pancreatic cancer patients across the U.S. Led by Sameek Roychowdhury, MD, PhD, an oncologist at…
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Following almost a decade of decline, prostate cancer incidence in the U.S. increased 3.0% per year between 2014 through 2021, according to a report published Sept. 2 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Incidence of advanced-stage prostate cancer at…
Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health is in the midst of executing a $181 million expansion plan. An integral part of which is integrating its newly launched Endeavor Health Cancer Institute across the nine-hospital system. At the helm of this integration are…
A former researcher at Houston-based University Texas of MD Anderson has been charged with theft of trade secrets and tampering with a government record, according to an Aug. 25 report from the Houston Chronicle. The researcher, Yunhai Li, PhD, was…
Led by a team from Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, researchers have created the largest and most detailed profile of genetic mutations found in African American women with triple-negative breast cancer. The team’s study was published Aug. 26…
Cancer-induced nerve injury, a cause of chronic inflammation, may lead to immunotherapy resistance, according to a study published Aug. 20 in Nature. The research was led by teams from Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Tampa, Fla.-based…
A history of traumatic brain injury may be associated with an increased risk of developing a malignant brain tumor, according to a study published Aug. 25 in JAMA Network Open. Led by a team from Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham,…
As cancer treatment innovations continue to progress, health systems across the U.S. have been tasked with preparing for an influx of cancer survivors — a group expected to exceed 22 million in the next decade. The American Society of Clinical…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute has tapped Motaz Qadan, MD, PhD, as surgeon-in-chief, according to an Aug. 19 internal announcement shared with Becker’s. Dr. Qadan joins the cancer institute from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he most…
UC San Diego (Calif.) Health’s chief medical officer, and breast and gynecologic cancer radiation oncologist, Catheryn Yashar, MD, has been appointed president-elect of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. Dr. Yashar currently serves as health policy council chair for ASTRO,…