Sutter Health's California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco is touting a treatment that previously took multiple weeks and several visits for early lung cancer patients, which has been reduced to one day thanks to robotic technology.
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The American Cancer Society is creating a diversity cancer research training center to remove barriers for underrepresented students wanting to enter oncology.
Researchers found cancer screenings are rebounding, but new advanced cancer diagnoses are not rising, Epic Research reported Feb. 17.
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health requires genomic testing for two cancer drugs, which can determine a patient's metabolism to provide better patient outcomes.
Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers found multiple doses of the COVID-19 vaccine reduced mortality and negative health outcomes in breakthrough cases for cancer patients.
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., opened a comprehensive breast cancer center Feb. 13. It marks the latest addition to the Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center, the Danville, Pa.-based system said in a news release.
Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health is establishing a $3 million endowed chair named after its retiring medical director, W. Larry Gluck, MD, the Greenville Journal reported Feb. 13.
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A Minnesota court took a five-year-old boy away from his parents after they refused a two-year chemotherapy treatment plan for their son who showed no more signs of Leukemia, Fox9 reported Feb. 7.
Cleveland Clinic is moving forward with its triple-negative breast cancer vaccine in a 1b trial.