Though the mortality rate for cancer patients has declined over the last several decades, cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the U.S. More than 600,000 people are expected to die from cancer by the end of 2020,…
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Oncology has always been a complex field and as treatment advances, healthcare providers across the nation are now dealing with new challenges to boost the clinical and financial experience.
Miami-based Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center received a gift of $126 million to advance its work in finding cures for cancer and expanding treatment options for cancer patients.
The US News & World Report hospital rankings for cancer care was Becker's top-read cancer story in August.
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Wilson County in Lebanon, Tenn., opened Aug. 31.
Henry A. Pitt, MD, was named chief of oncologic quality at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, both in New Brunswick.
The National Cancer Institute is partnering with Cancer Research UK to fund an international research initiative.
New research shows that between 2013 and 2017 the national opioid prescribing rate declined by 20.7 percent among oncologists, prompting concern that cancer patients and survivors are not getting the pain medication they need.
These eight oncologists joined new practices or received new appointments in the last four weeks:
The Dana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center at South Shore Hospital was evacuated Monday morning after a cooling system failed, causing smoke to back up in the building, a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.