Oncology

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has received a "substantial" gift to develop a center of colorectal cancer excellence. 

The median compensation for hematologists and medical oncologists increased 7.1% from 2023 to 2024, going from $498,062 to $533,402, according to the American Medical Group Association.

A University of Cambridge poll found 70% of people fear a late cancer diagnosis.

Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes has affiliated with Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cayuga Health System, effective July 1. 

Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Va., received a $25 million gift to grow the health system's cancer program.

Among adults 30 and older, about 40% of cancer cases and nearly a half of all cancer deaths are linked to preventable risk factors, according to a new study from researchers at the American Cancer Society. 

Findings from a recent study challenge a push to reclassify low grade prostate cancer, Biopsy Gleason Grade Group 1, as "benign." 

A Boston-based Harvard Medical School study found oncologists unsure how to handle artificial intelligence if it presents a treatment plan they would not recommend.

CAR-T therapy is becoming a more frequent treatment for Medicare patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, but changes in CAR-T treatments that push it as an earlier line of therapy may change where patients receive the therapy — and ultimately,…

The blood pressure drug Losartan may be able to block a gene found in the blood, angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AGTR1), and improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy, according to a study published June 19 in Science Translational Medicine.