The International Agency for Research on Cancer forecasts over 35 million new cancer cases in 2050 globally. The growing burden of cancer reflects the urgent need for global collaboration by academic medical centers to drive innovation and improve access to…
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A recent study found that statin use can reduce breast cancer death and recurrence by roughly 20%. The study, published June 12 in the British Journal of Cancer, analyzed 34 studies that included 689,990 women with breast cancer. Researchers found…
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville (Fla.) opened a $320 million cancer center, which will house the first carbon ion therapy program in the the Americas. The 228,000-square-foot Duan Family Building opened June 11, according to a system news release. It will offer…
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas and Rutgers Cancer Institute in New Brunswick, N.J., are joining to expand access to oncology specialty care services. The two organizations are working together to add oncology specialty services at University Hospital, a 519-bed academic medical…
More than 46% of women with stage 1 or 2 breast cancer chose to continue endocrine therapy after five years, a recent study found. The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, examined data from 831 women…
Dallas-based Texas Oncology is consolidating its cancer care with a new $120 million facility, according to a June 5 company Facebook post. The facility, which recently broke ground, is the first full-service Texas Oncology center in Plano, Texas. The 100,000-square-foot…
The rate of appendix cancer has tripled among Generation X and quadrupled among millennials compared to previous generations, a new study found. The study, published June 10 in Annals of Internal Medicine, used the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and…
In 2019, Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist — part of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health — established a tumor board to address the effects of financial toxicity among patients at the Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute. Five-years after its…
A multicancer early detection laboratory blood test was able to detect the genetic material of cancer tumors three years before diagnosis, according to a study published May 22 in Cancer Discovery. Led by researchers from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine, the…
Mailed self-collection kits improved cervical cancer screening rates among racial or ethnic minority populations, according to a study published June 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine. For the study, researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial of 2,474 patients at a safety-net…