Oncology

The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded $23 million to four academic institutions to study the role of telehealth in cancer healthcare.

The American Oncology Network, a community-oncology advocate, spoke against CMS' proposed outpatient payment rule Aug. 15.

A couple in Roanoke, Va. has donated $1 million to build the city's Carilion Cancer Center, WSLS 10 reported Aug. 18.

Moffitt Cancer Center agreed to purchase 9acres of land in Hillsborough County, Fla., for a 75,000-square-foot facility, ABC Action News reported Aug. 17.

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine appointed Sophia George, PhD, as the inaugural associate director of diversity, equity and inclusion Aug. 16. 

Houston-based James P. Allison Institute at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center established an 11-person scientific advisory board Aug. 15 to provide strategic guidance and evaluation to its research portfolio and programs.

Here are three cancer treatment partnerships or alliances formed since July 22. They are listed in chronological order.

Pets offer companionship, physical activity and positive motivation. A recent survey of pet owners worldwide found that 87 percent reported a physical or mental benefit to pet ownership, wrote Ashwani Agarwal, MD, in an op-ed for the Corsicana (Texas) Daily…

Researchers discovered a molecular pathway responsible for glioblastoma spreading to surrounding brain tissues, as well as an existing drug that hampers growth in animal models, a study in Nature Cell Biology found.

Salem (Ore.) Hospital voluntarily reported two incidents within its radiation oncology department to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission this year, The Statesman Journal reported Aug. 12.