Oncology

Analyzing multiple photos from across an oncology patient’s course of treatment with AI may be an even better predictor of survival than a single photo alone, a new Mass General Brigham study found. Researchers behind FaceAge, which uses AI to…

A group of leaders from New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford (Calif.) University are calling for academic medical centers to rethink their well-established model of drug discovery and development to stay competitive…

The FDA has launched its first two real-time clinical trials in partnership with Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania, AstraZeneca, Amgen and Paradigm Health. The real-time clinical trial model allows the FDA to review…

Infusion centers are caught between climbing oncology volume, a workforce that hasn’t rebounded post-pandemic, and margin discipline that rules out the old answer of more chairs and more nurses. The operational lever has shifted to better demand pacing and more…

From specialty chiefs to department chairs, here are 12 health systems seeking leaders for oncology services:

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University at Buffalo have developed an AI tool to assess lung cancer patients’ risk of postoperative complications. The model combines clinical data, CT imaging and large language model-generated explanations to provide…

The American Surgical Association has named B. Mark Evers, MD, director of Lexington-based University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, as president-elect.  Dr. Evers will serve as the society’s president-elect for one year before assuming the presidency in 2027, according to…

Miami Beach, Fla.-based Mount Sinai Medical Center has opened the Irma and Norman Braman Comprehensive Cancer Center. The center more than triples the medical center’s cancer care capacity and will open to patients May 4, according to an April 27…

Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Health System will build a new cancer center, expected to open in 2028. The Cinelli Cancer Center will cost more than $150 million, according to an April 27 news release shared with Becker’s. The health system has…

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s credit rating was downgraded to “A2” from “A1” by Moody’s amid the construction of a new hospital tower.  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on April 7 began construction on an estimated $1.68…