Here are four hospitals, health systems and cancer treatment centers that have expanded their cancer care facilities or shared plans to open new centers since Nov. 11.
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The nation's five-year survival rate for lung cancer has increased 13 percent since 2015, though lung cancer is still the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., according to the American Lung Association's State of Lung Cancer 2020 report.
NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center is advancing its lung cancer care in New York City's Brooklyn borough by partnering with NYU Langone Hospital to widen access to its screening program and treatment expansions.
A class-action lawsuit filed Nov. 13 against St. Peter's Health in Helena, Mont., claims patients of Tom Weiner, MD, an oncologist at the hospital, weren't consulted before his unexplained absence in late October, resulting in gaps in their care, reports…
Cancer care facilities should prepare for an increase in clinical volume despite coping with financial constraints resulting from COVID-19.
Here are four recent cancer partnerships and affiliations formed since Nov. 9.
The body can be prepped for surgery, and so can the brain — by giving patients "neurobics," or games that serve as cognitive exercises, according to a study published Nov. 11 in JAMA Surgery.
The Miami Dolphins football team donated $75 million, part of a year-round commitment to support cancer research, to the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Nov. 10, according to the Miami Herald.
These six oncologists joined new practices or received new appointments over the last few months.
Beating, fighting, losing and surviving: all words that reflect the scene of a war zone, and coverage of Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek's death is a reminder that this language assumes cancer patients have a choice in their outcomes.