Michael Zinner, MD, cancer surgeon, founding CEO and executive medical director of the Miami Cancer Institute at Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health South Florida, died Oct. 25 from stage 4 pancreatic cancer at age 80. Before founding the institute in…
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Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health has granted an institute title to the University of Florida Health Cancer Center. The title recognizes the UF Health Cancer Institute’s efforts to engage researchers across all 16 colleges at the University of Florida, according to…
Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan will launch a training program aimed at equipping cancer researchers and scientists with the skills to design, evaluate and adapt personalized cancer care interventions. The Methods for Adapting and Personalizing Cancer Control Interventions training program…
Compared to the national average, early-onset cancer rates are disproportionately rising within Corn Belt states of Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana and Kansas, according to an Oct. 27 report from The Washington Post. In 2022, cancer incidence rates were 5%…
Patients with advanced lung or skin cancer lived significantly longer if they received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy, a study led by University of Florida Health and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center…
A digital self-service program developed at Winston Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest University School of Medicine increased lung cancer screening rates among high-risk individuals, according to a study published Oct. 20 in JAMA. More than 26,000 individuals with a history of…
The National Academy of Medicine has elected 90 new members, 12 of which are U.S. leaders in the field of oncology. Here are the 12 oncologists and cancer researchers from the U.S. who were elected to the National Academy of…
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine has opened an infusion center at the WVU Cancer Institute at WVU Medicine Fairmont (W.Va.) Medical Center. The system also opened a Medical Oncology Clinic at the Fairmont Medical Center in September, according to an Oct.…
New York City-based Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center has received the National Cancer Institute’s Comprehensive Cancer Center designation, the highest recognition granted to cancer centers in the U.S. The center, founded in 2008, received an NCI Clinical Cancer Center designation…
Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health recently unveiled its new comprehensive cancer center. The Penn State Health Cancer Center at Hampden Medical Center is a 40,250-square foot facility that offers comprehensive cancer services in one location, according to an Oct. 20…