Oncology

The Northeast Texas Cancer and Research Institute in Tyler, Texas, is set to open in November, Tyler Morning Telegraph reported Oct. 12.

Hartford, Conn.-based Saint Francis Hospital is the first in the state to use a new technology to perform a lung biopsy, News 8 affiliate WTNH reported Oct. 11.

Here are five recent moves from the nation's leading cancer centers since Sept. 26:

Massachusetts has the highest rate of mammograms at 88 percent, according to a report released Oct. 3 by personal finance site ValuePenguin.

In at least two cases, patients in Ohio had to leave the state for abortions before they could get cancer treatment, The 19th reported Oct. 7.

Biotechnology company RadioMedix has raised $40 million in series A funding; the company plans to use the new funding to advance its flagship radiopharmaceutical, AlphaMedix.

Value-based care models and arrangements keep evolving. With CMS preparing to upgrade its current value-based Oncology Care Model (OCM) to the Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM), cancer centers are keen for insights that can help them participate and be successful.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Cancer is welcoming nine oncology specialists to its affiliate, Huntington Cancer Center in Pasadena, Calif.

American Oncology Network entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Digital Transformation Opportunities Corp. and will become a public company. 

New cancer vaccine research shines a positive light on the possibility of cancer vaccines. Three new vaccines are being studied in patients with pancreatic and breast cancer and colon polyps, The New York Times reported Oct. 10.