Oncology

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. 

Clinicians are using robot-assisted technology to diagnose and treat lung cancer in a same-day procedure at Baptist Health Paducah (Ky.) and four other system hospitals.

Michael Postow, MD, chief of melanoma service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, picked oncology because it was a place where he could make the biggest impact.

Detroit-based Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute named Arnold D'Ambrosio chief development officer, effective July 10.

Here are the top four cancer hospitals in North Dakota, according to U.S. News & World Report rankings.

A World Health Organization analysis classified non-sugar sweetener aspartame as possibly carcinogenic to humans, but the FDA disagrees with the assessment.

Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is working to close a gap in communications between physicians and patients about their pain.

A research letter spearheaded by an associate professor at the UT Health Houston School of Public Health argues that those who had cancer have similar survival rates as new cancer cases, and prior cancer should not be grounds to exclude…

Researchers at Boston-based Mass General Cancer Center found a treatment that reduced a rare type of brain tumor by an average of 91 percent in a clinical trial.

Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging does not "significantly reduce positive margins" following breast-conserving surgery, according to trial study findings published July 10 in The Asco Post.