Oncology

Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center recently opened a colorectal cancer center, bringing subspecialty care teams together in one location. Y. Nancy You, MD, professor in the department of colon and rectal surgery and director of MD Anderson’s…

For Match Day 2026, the share of non-U.S. international medical graduates matched to a post-graduate year 1 position fell to a five-year low.  “[International medical graduates] play an important role in the U.S. physician workforce, and recent federal immigration policy…

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System will develop a solid organ transplant program at Tampa-based St. Joseph’s Hospital in partnership with Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine.  BayCare expects to begin performing kidney transplants in 2027, according to a March 31 news release from…

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health has appointed David Dickens, MD, as division chief of hematology/oncology for Nemours Children’s Hospital Florida. Dr. Dickens previously served as clinical director of pediatric oncology services and director of the pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship program at…

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center recorded an operating loss of $47.9 million (-0.6% operating margin) in 2025, down from an operating income of $202.2 million (2.5% margin) in 2024, according to its March 31 financial report. Memorial…

Mercy Hospital St. Louis is adding a noninvasive technology that directs sound waves to destroy liver tumors. The hospital is slated to become the first in Missouri and among the first 100 in the U.S. to use the Edison histotripsy…

Mammography use among U.S. women remained largely stable from 2002 to 2022, though several subgroups — particularly younger women — experienced notable declines, a study found. The study, led by researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and published March…

An AI-powered pathology tool called PhenopyCell can accurately predict whether patients with small cell lung cancer will respond to platinum-based chemotherapy, according to a study published March 17 in npj Precision Oncology.  Researchers evaluated the tool on standard pathology slides…

This month, Alabama enacted HB300, a law that requires health plans to cover breast exams without a deductible, copay or coinsurance. Diagnostic breast exams include mammography, MRIs, ultrasounds and molecular imaging used for detecting and understanding abnormalities. Health plans must…

Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based Froedtert ThedaCare Health and Milwaukee-based Medical College of Wisconsin have opened Wisconsin’s first proton therapy facility. The facility is located at the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center on the Froedtert Hospital campus…