Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and New Orleans-based Ochsner Health have established an Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center at Slidell (La.) Memorial Hospital. The new center marks the eighth Ochsner MD Anderson location since Ochsner Health joined…
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A hard-to-detect form of breast cancer now makes up about 1 in 10 cases in the U.S., a recent American Cancer Society report found. “Although lobular breast cancer accounts for a little over 10% of all breast cancers, the sheer…
Cincinnati Children’s is the best hospital for pediatric cancer care in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2025-2026 ranking, published Oct. 7. For the ranking, U.S. News evaluated children’s hospitals’ clinical outcomes data — such as survival,…
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center will leave Independent Health’s Individual Medicare Advantage network in 2026. The move comes after Roswell Park learned the plan would start shifting more care costs to the patient, according to a statement shared…
Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute plans to file a determination-of-need application with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to establish a proton therapy center. The proton therapy center would be built on Dana-Farber’s Longwood medical campus, also in Boston, and will…
Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Philadelphia-Jefferson Health, has opened the Peter and Odete Kelly Center for Personalized Cancer Immunotherapy at the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, also in Allentown. The center was established through a $12 million gift…
Three researchers have cautioned against interpreting the recent rise of early-onset cancer incidence as a “true increase in cancer occurrence.” They shared their concerns in an article published Sept. 29 in JAMA Internal Medicine. A recent American Cancer Society study…
The rate of cancers in young adults is rising, and scientists are working to find what is behind the increase, The New York Times reported Oct. 1. A study published in May found that rates for 14 cancers have increased…
Some of the largest cancer centers in the nation are leaning on nurse scientists to improve patient outcomes. There are two types of nurse scientists: those who are clinically focused and support front-line staff through quality improvement and unit-based projects,…
Kansas City-based University of Kansas Cancer Center will engage seven KU men’s and women’s basketball players to serve as brand ambassadors and elevate fundraising initiatives. The athletes will appear across various multimedia channels to encourage donations to the KU Cancer…