Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina has opened a new hematology and oncology clinic. The clinic is the system’s first hematology and oncology clinic in Lancaster, S.C., according to a Dec. 29 news release from the hospital. The facility offers…
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Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham and Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed an AI tool to predict cancer spread in patients with oropharyngeal carcinoma. The noninvasive tool uses CT imaging data to estimate the number of lymph nodes with pathologic…
Hartford HealthCare’s St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., has received a $15 million gift from the estate of Neil Mellen to expand and modernize its inpatient oncology unit. The donation — one of the largest in Hartford HealthCare’s history…
New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital will pay $6.8 million to settle allegations that it improperly paid a Westchester, N.Y.-based oncology practice to induce referrals that were then billed to Medicare and Medicaid, according to a Dec. 22 Justice Department news release. What…
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has named Deb Schrag, MD, as the organization’s next president. Dr. Schrag is a gastrointestinal medical oncologist and the George J. Bosl Chair of the department of medicine at New York City-based Memorial Sloan…
Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health’s Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center has joined the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s statewide cancer coalition: the Connecticut Cancer Partnership. More than 150 organizations participate in the partnership, which is supported by funding from…