Oncology

Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital was approved by the state to build a $14 million radiation treatment center, syracuse.com reported July 14.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles has begun offering a radiation drug therapy using metaiodobenzylguanidine, or MIGB, to children with high-risk neuroblastoma.

Six recent oncology-related partnerships formed, advanced or renewed Becker's has covered since June 22:

Urbana, Ill.-based Cancer Center at Illinois recently developed a groundbreaking cancer imaging technology by recreating the mantis shrimp's visual system in a single device to provide physicians with clearer images for disease detection, WCIA reported July 12.

New York City-based Ludwig Cancer Research Institute named Pat Morin, PhD, its new deputy scientific director July 12.

Glyphosate, a cancer-causing herbicide, was found in 80 percent of urine samples from kids and adults in the U.S., the CDC's "National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey" found.

Amazon launched an FDA-approved clinical trial for its cancer vaccines. 

The Lung Cancer Research Foundation established a scientific executive committee July 11 to create a strategic roadmap to guide the foundation's research investment and identify areas of unmet need.

Dhanpat Jain, MD, professor of pathology and of medicine in the field of digestive diseases at New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of Medicine, recently was appointed to the Cancer Committee of the College of American Pathologists.

New Haven, Conn.-based Yale Cancer Center appointed Kiran Turaga, MD, division chief of surgical oncology July 6. His appointment is effective Oct. 1.