Oncology

Here are five hospitals and health systems that have opened new cancer facilities or shared plans to open new centers since March 10: 

Houston Methodist Willowbrook became the first hospital in the area to perform a transurethral ultrasound ablation, an advanced treatment for prostate cancer, the Houston Chronicle reported April 8. 

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center researchers identified an immunosuppressive environment is key to the progression of colorectal cancer development, the center said April 7.

Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine opened a new cancer center in Newport Beach, Calif., to expand its oncologic services, the system said in an email shared with Becker's.

Fox Chase Cancer Center, part of Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System, has selected Elizabeth Plimack, MD, as its inaugural deputy director. 

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center became the newest National Comprehensive Cancer Network cancer center, making it the only member center in the state.

The University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the university's college of engineering have launched Engineering Cancer Cures — an initiative focused on leveraging novel technologies to improve detection and advance cancer treatments. 

Black gastrointestinal cancer patients are more likely than white patients to receive substandard surgery for treatment of the disease, a study published April 4 in JAMA Network Open found.

Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle Children's and UW Medicine have restructured their long-standing partnership and formed a unified adult cancer research and care center. 

The following oncologists joined new practices or organizations in the last few weeks: