Oncology

Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital will begin construction on its $15 million cancer center Nov. 7, auburnpub.com reported.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC is partnering with Dragan Primorac, MD, PhD, a physician and professor in Croatia, to open the first of many cancer centers in the country.

Here are five oncologists starting new roles since Oct. 25:

Jackson-based Children's of Mississippi broke ground on its $5 million renovations to the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, the Clarion Ledger reported Nov. 3.

Cincinnati Children's is about to break ground on 12 extended-stay apartments, which will be used by families of cancer patients treated at the on-site Proton Therapy Center.

Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center named Dr. John Rimmer medical director of its comprehensive breast cancer program.

Orlando (Fla.) Health Cancer Institute launched its Pancreatic Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic on Nov. 2.

Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center launched a lung cancer screening program using low-dose CT scans for San Diego County residents.

Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health created the first preclinical model of appendiceal cancer, opening the door for further research.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic researchers developed new dose rounding rules that saved 9,814 vials of drug and saved more than $7 million in six months.