Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare Cancer Institute has been named a care partner of New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Hartford HealthCare’s St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., first aligned with MSK’s standards of care in December 2024, which…
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The House passed a bipartisan healthcare funding package Jan. 22. The most recent edition includes a provision addressing Medicare coverage for multi-cancer early detection screenings. The bill is now in the Senate’s hands. If it passes, Medicare beneficiaries would also…
The President’s Cancer Panel — part of the NIH’s National Cancer Institute — has identified three priority areas “vital for building and maintaining a robust cancer workforce,” according to a report published Jan. 21. The “Ensuring a Strong Future for…
States that expanded Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2014 experienced a 4.8% reduction in risk for breast cancer mortality, according to a study published Jan. 27 in JAMA Network Open. For the study, researchers analyzed…
New York City-based NYU Langone Health has appointed Anirban Maitra, MD, as director of the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center. Dr. Maitra joined NYU Langone in August 2025 as co-director of the newly established NYU Langone Gastrointestinal Cancer Center.…
The American Association for Cancer Research has elected 18 U.S. leaders in the field of oncology, along with six international leaders, to its 2026 class of Fellows of the AACR Academy. Fellows of the AACR Academy are elected after a…
Driggs, Idaho-based Teton Valley Health Care laid off 26 employees, or around 10% of its 276-person workforce, on Jan. 22 and 23 and plans to close its infusion clinic amid financial pressures. The layoffs affected staff across multiple departments, including…
Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico Hospital has relocated New Mexico’s only thyroid and parathyroid specialty clinic to Rio Rancho-based UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center. The Head and Neck Endocrine Clinic was first established at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center eight…
The Knight Cancer Institute at Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has appointed Joel Helmke as CEO of the Knight Cancer Group. The Knight Cancer Group — established through a $2 billion donation from Phil and Penny Knight — will…
Gaps in health system infrastructure can contribute to fewer childhood cancer survivors receiving guideline-concordant survivorship care, according to a review published Dec. 26 in Cancer Control. Researchers from Jacksonville, Fla.-based University of Florida and Los Angeles-based University of Southern California…