Oncology

As associate vice president of oncology services at Phoenix-based Banner Health, Cory Jones oversees oncology services tied to the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center program, which spans 10 sites across Arizona and Colorado. Banner is one of the largest nonprofit…

Far Rockaway, N.Y.-based Episcopal Health Services has opened a cancer center within the system’s Walsh Ambulatory Pavilion. The EHS Cancer Center will provide medical and radiation oncology care, while surgical oncology services will remain at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, located…

Of the $19.297 billion the National Institutes of Health awarded to 145 medical schools in fiscal 2025, about 3.43% was given to radiation or diagnostic oncology departments, according to data published by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. Philadelphia-based…

Seattle-based Fred Hutch Cancer Center has named Holly Harris, PhD, the inaugural Bus Family Endowed Chair. The endowed chair will support research in prevention, early detection and precision oncology related to uterine, ovarian and breast cancers, according to a Feb.…

The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on a cancer drug trial following four safety events, including one death, according to a Feb. 25 announcement from MacroGenics.  The partial hold pauses enrollment for MacroGenics’ phase 2 study on lorigerlimab, an experimental…

Pfizer received full FDA approval for its Braftovi (encorafenib) combination regimen as a first-line treatment for adult patients with BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer. The approval covers Braftovi in combination with cetuximab and fluorouracil-based chemotherapy, including mFOLFOX6 and FOLFIRI, according…

Kansas City-based University of Kansas Cancer Center has established a research program to study the link between obesity, metabolic health and cancer.  KU Cancer Center’s Obesity, Metabolic Health and Cancer Research Program will develop exercise, nutrition and pharmacological interventions to…

Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center has appointed David Weinberg, MD, as vice president and physician lead of the cancer screening and prevention service line.  Dr. Weinberg will also serve as the associate director of cancer screening and prevention at the…

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center has launched an AI assistant to streamline the patient screening process before MRI and CT scan appointments.  The Moffitt Information Assistant — or Mia — went live on Feb. 24, according to a news release…

Since the human papillomavirus vaccine became available in 2006, cervical cancer incidence has decreased more in U.S. states where vaccination rates increased, according to a study published Feb. 24 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Cervical cancer screening…