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Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care has acquired Mission Cancer + Blood, a physician-owned oncology practice with more than 20 cancer clinics across the state. 

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Washington, D.C.-based Howard University Cancer Center are "reigniting" their established partnership to eliminate health disparities in the Washington, D.C., area.

A topical immunotherapy drug can effectively eliminate precancerous spots, preventing squamous cell carcinoma occurrence, according to a study published Jan. 2 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. 

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has launched the Center for RAS Therapeutics, aiming to study and develop drug therapies for RAS-driven cancers.

The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Van Andel Institute has developed a new free and publicly available resource for identifying and classifying cancer subtypes.

Cleveland Clinic submitted plans to the city for approval of a $200 million Fairview Hospital expansion project, including the addition of a new, nearly 170,000-square-foot cancer center, according to a Dec. 12 News 5 Cleveland report. 

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