Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health named Andrew Chapman, DO, the director of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and executive vice president of oncology services, the system said March 14.
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Yale Cancer Center researchers discovered a method to "supercharge" cancer-fighting T-cells, which may improve and expand treatment types for new cancers.
Surgery alone might be sufficient to cure the lowest-risk thyroid cancers, a study published March 10 in The New England Journal of Medicine suggested.
Rahuldev Bhalla, MD, a fellowship-trained board-certified urologist, joined the combined medical group of RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Health, the systems said March 10.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health has broken ground on a radiation therapy facility that will offer two new therapies for patients with complex tumors.
Neptune Township, N.J.-based Jersey Shore University Medical Center, part of Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health, has selected Roshani Patel, MD, to serve as medical director of breast surgery.
Here are four hospitals and health systems that have opened new cancer facilities or shared plans to open new centers since Feb. 3.
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health will be using new software this fall to support a common high quality evidence-based standard of cancer across its entire system, it said March 8.
Patient navigators have played a critical role in how Delaware has been able to lower cancer death rates and lessen racial disparities, NPR reported March 7.
Registered nurses at Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope will hold a silent protest and press conference March 10 to protest the hospital administration’s "refusal" to address patient care and safe-staffing concerns at the cancer treatment center.