Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care fully transitioned to digital pathology services July 1. The system’s central core laboratory and 12 hospital-based laboratories now scan glass pathology slides to create high-resolution digital images. Those images are then integrated into patient…
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The Texas Legislature has approved $25 million in funding for Lubbock-based Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to establish the Rural Cancer Collaborative. TTUHSC will use the funding to develop “sustainable, high-impact solutions that bring lifesaving care closer to home,”…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has tapped Che-Kai Tsao, MD, to serve as system chief of solid tumor oncology and medical director of the Lake Success, N.Y.-based RJ Zuckerberg Cancer Center. Dr. Tsao will also serve as director of…
A surge of local- or early-stage colorectal cancer diagnoses in adults ages under 50 is likely tied to increased screening uptake after the American Cancer Society and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force lowered their recommended screening ages from 50…
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has named Edward Schaeffer, MD, PhD, as chief clinical officer of the system’s cancer service line. Dr. Schaeffer is chair of the department of urology and the Harold Binstein Professor of Urology, according to a June news…
A recent Aurora-based University of Colorado Cancer Center study found that COVID-19 infection in cancer patients can reawaken cancer cells and lead to metastasis. The study, published July 30 in Nature, used mice models of breast cancer, as well as…
As director of cancer rehabilitation and survivorship at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai, Arash Asher, MD, has seen first-hand the disorienting effects felt by cancer patients upon reaching the “survivor” stage of cancer treatment. “Some people want to sweep their cancer experience…
Maria Velez, MD, a pediatric hematologist-oncologist at New Orleans-based Manning Family Children’s, has been appointed president of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. The ASPHO is “dedicated to promoting the optimal care of children, adolescents and young adults with blood…
Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson is the top-ranked cancer hospital in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2025-2026 ranking, published July 29. MD Anderson has earned the top spot for the past 11 years. For its…
From overlooked diagnostics and underused screening to AI potential and workforce gaps, these are the innovation challenges in oncology that cancer leaders told Becker’s they feel deserve more attention. Editor’s note: These responses have been lightly edited for length and…