Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth researchers developed a novel drug combination therapy for pancreatic cancer patients that has become part of the new National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for the disease, the system shared with Becker's.
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Six hospitals and health systems that have opened specialty cancer facilities or shared plans to open new centers since April:
Fargo, N.D.-based Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center launched its new bone marrow transplant program June 14, KFGO reported.
Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will establish the Andrew M. McDougall Brain Metastasis Clinic and Research Program after a $5 million gift from the McDougall family, The Journal Record reported June 14.
Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health began offering free breast and cervical cancer screening services to low-income and uninsured women in Virginia through a federally funded program June 7.
Grand Rapids-based Cancer and Hematology Centers of Western Michigan and OneOncology, a national platform for independent oncology practices, entered a partnership to expand the center's cancer care services, Grand Rapids Business Journal reported last week.
Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute signed a cooperation agreement with L'Institut Servier and Gustave Roussy in Villejuif, France, on June 7.
The CDC awarded $215 million in first-year funding June 8 to three national programs as part of a five-year, $1.1 billion investment in preventing and controlling cancer.
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Eric Winer, MD, director of New Haven, Conn.-based Yale Cancer Center and physician-in-chief of Smilow Cancer Network, began a one-year term as president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology on June 7.