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Osara Health in Dover, Del., and Oncology Care Partners in Nashville, Tenn., are the latest two organizations to join CancerX, a digital public-private partnership aiming to boost innovation and reduce cancer-caused deaths.

Carlos Perez, MD, an internationally renowned cancer researcher and professor emeritus of radiation oncology at Washington University in St. Louis, died Aug. 21 at 88.

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare will use a $1 million donation to purchase a radiography system for breast cancer detection at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute, according to an Aug. 31 report from the Delaware Business Times.

Though COVID-19 deaths among the general population were lower during the winter omicron surge compared to the preceding winter, the death rate for cancer patients was higher, according to a study published Aug. 31 in JAMA Oncology.

Two more cancer drugs are in short supply, according to the FDA and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

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