Oncology

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, N.Y., is seeking out a public relations firm to help boost its diversity, equity and inclusion presence and efforts after previously refusing to release a DEI report and being accused of racism, according…

Almost 80 percent of pancreatic cancer patients in Texas are not getting the level of standard-of-care surgery that could prolong survival, according to a study published May 23 in the Journal of Surgical Oncology.

A $400 million inpatient surgical hospital will open July 31 at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., according to a July 21 WUSF news release.

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Oncology leaders face many challenges in the field, and three in particular are top of mind: timeliness, treatment options and innovations.

Many agencies are delaying cancer trials and research due to cancer drug shortages, which may have a long-term effect on treatments, CNN reported July 20.

Richard Creech, MD, a pioneering medical oncologist, researcher and longtime leader, died July 1 of cancer at 83, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported July 19.

Nashville-based Tennessee Oncology announced plans to build a $120 million medical center in downtown Nashville, according to a July 19 report in The Tennessean. 

A breast cancer vaccine has shown promise in a phase 1 trial spearheaded by researchers at University of Washington's Cancer Vaccine Institute and is preparing to move to phase 2, a July 17 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center news release said.

Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has received a gift of  $16.25 million for brain cancer and neuroscience research, according to a July 18 news release shared with Becker's.