Lawrence, Kan.-based LMH Health received $2 million from the Kansas City-based Sunderland Foundation to expand and update its cancer center, WIBW reported Aug. 29.
Oncology
Here are eight moves from leading cancer centers across the nation that Becker's has covered since July 22:
A researcher at the University of Hawai'i Cancer Center received a $2.8 million grant to develop a school- and culturally-based e-cigarette prevention intervention program for rural youths in the state.
New York Cancer & Blood Specialists and Brooklyn Hospital Center opened their Brooklyn Cancer Center on Aug. 25.
Advocate Radiation Oncology opened a new cancer center in West Palm Beach, Fla., the Town-Crier reported Aug. 25.
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Researchers at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a deep learning algorithm that can identify and outline a non-small cell lung cancer tumor on a CT scan within seconds, Science Daily reported Aug. 24.
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System is expanding its cancer care to rural areas of Southwest Louisiana, 7KPLC reported Aug. 23.
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center reopened an expanded care center Aug. 22 for patients with head and neck cancers, The Buffalo News reported Aug. 23.
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy uses a patients' T-cells to fight cancer. Although more than half of recipients go into remission, the treatment costs $375,000 to $475,000, NBC News reported.
Six oncologists have joined new practices or received new appointments since Aug. 1.