Oncology

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center launched a health equity program Oct. 3 to improve cancer health disparities locally and nationally. 

Aubrey Evans, MD, renowned scientist, medical administrator and advocate for children, died Sept. 29 in her home in Philadelphia at age 97, The Washington Post reported.

Here are six breast cancer studies, grants and patient care stories Becker's covered since Sept. 20.

More than 16,000 cancer deaths between March and December 2020 involved COVID-19 complications, according to a Sept. 28 American Cancer Society news release.

Here are six new cancer centers Becker's has covered since Sept. 7:

Here are 11 oncology-related studies Becker's has covered since Sept. 1:

Paterson, N.J.-based St. Joseph’s Health and Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health will open an infusion center on the St. Joseph’s Wayne (N.J.) Medical Center campus.

A national survey conducted by Orlando Health Cancer Institute found only 43 percent of women know their family history of breast cancer, and only 32 percent know their individual risk factors for cancer.

Washington-based researchers found cancer screening guidelines underreport harms related to screening tests and procedures and are inconsistent across cancer types, a study published Sept. 27 in Annals of Internal Medicine found.

Leonard Henry, MD, was named medical director and surgical oncologist at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion in Savannah, Ga., the Savannah Business Journal reported Sept. 27.