Oncology

There are more than 18 million cancer survivors living in the U.S., but few primary care providers know how to care for this patient group. To close the gap, Houston-based the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is launching…

A surgeon at Miami-based Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center is the first in the U.S. to use a blue laser to treat early glottic cancer, a common type of laryngeal cancer.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence is launching a first-of-its-kind study to examine the real-world implementation of multi-cancer early-detection blood tests.

Transvaginal ultrasounds fail to detect endometrial cancer in up to 11.4% of Black women, according to research from a Seattle-based University of Washington study published June 27 in JAMA Oncology.

The University of MD Anderson Cancer Center and Rice University, both based in Houston, have launched a Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative, a hub that aims to advance cancer research and accelerate the time it takes to turn findings into clinical use.

Hackathons — events wherein programmers come together for days at a time to solve a problem — are a staple in the technology community. Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health is using a similar model to get high school students excited about…

Hersey, Pa.-based Penn State Health broke ground on its new cancer center.

In an age of advanced technology and personalized medicine, curing prostate cancer is not always necessary, the Association of American Medical Colleges said in a June 25 article.

Wu Liu, PhD, a medical physicist who created new imaging techniques and radiation treatments for cancer, died May 14 of brain cancer at 51.

Leaders at the American Society of Clinical Oncology published a formal document June 25 that outlines what the group deems as the most appropriate use of artificial intelligence when it comes to clinical oncology care.