Hundreds of millions of dollars have been donated to fund specialty cancer centers and accelerate cancer research in recent weeks.
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The American Cancer Society and Sleep Number Corp. have agreed to work together on sleep research to inform the first sleep guidelines for cancer patients, the organizations said Feb. 2.
Two early recipients of CAR T-cell therapy — who had chronic lymphocytic leukemia at the time of treatment — remain cancer-free a decade later, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia reported Feb. 2.
About 39 percent of oncologists reported they have been named in a malpractice suit at some point in their career, according to Medscape's 2021 Oncology Malpractice Report published Jan. 31.
Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center is the newest member of Employer Direct Healthcare in Dallas, a company offering self-funded employers turnkey solutions for specialty care.
News of the clinical affiliation of Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Paterson, N.J.-based St. Joseph's Health was Becker's most read oncology story in January.
President Joe Biden is relaunching Cancer Moonshot, a program to reduce cancer deaths by 50 percent over the next 25 years and improve the experience of living with and surviving cancer, the White House said Feb. 2.
Cancer prevention, screening, and survivorship resources will be cross-shared on American Cancer Society and American Society of Clinical Oncology patient and consumer education websites, the organizations said Feb. 1.
These four oncologists joined new practices or received new appointments over the last few weeks.
Researchers from New York City-based NYU Langone Health have developed a genetic and lifestyle calculator that identifies people under age 50 who are most likely to develop colorectal cancer, the system said Jan. 27.