Oncology

Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia has been given $10.8 million to further pancreatic cancer research, it announced June 12. 

New York City-based NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center and the University of Glasgow in Scotland developed an artificial intelligence-powered tool that was 99% accurate in distinguishing between two lung cancers.

Baptist Health Lexington in Kentucky will open a new cancer center June 13, integrated within the hospital's $253 million outpatient medical center.

The District of Columbia has the highest number of active oncologists per capita.

President Joe Biden intends to appoint four new members to the National Cancer Advisory Board.

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center named Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare its first care partner, the Hartford Courant reported June 10.

Columbus-based The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute is raising concern over the increasing rates of endometrial cancer, especially among Black women.

Boston-based Mass General Cancer Center researchers found that statins may help prevent the development of two cancers that result from chronic inflammation.

There has been an uptick in aggressive, late-stage and rare cancers since the pandemic, and some point to COVID-19 as a possible link to the increase, The Washington Post reported June 6.

 Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, N.M. — a 200-bed facility operated by Lifepoint Health — has been accused of turning away cancer patients, or demanding upfront payments before providing care, according to a June 5 report from NBC News…