Oncology

CMS is piloting a new program that permits some clinicians to offer certain hemp-derived products to Medicare patients as part of their care plans. The new Substance Access Beneficiary Engagement Incentive is part of CMS’ Innovation Center model-testing framework, designed…

Tampa, Fla.-based USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital Cancer Institute will launch an initiative to address rural cervical cancer care through nearly $2 million in funding from the Florida Cancer Innovation Fund. The initiative will employ…

Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has opened the Vista Pavilion, a $650 million building dedicated solely to cancer care services.  Patients will begin receiving care at the facility on April 7, according to a March 31 news release from…

Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center recently opened a colorectal cancer center, bringing subspecialty care teams together in one location. Y. Nancy You, MD, professor in the department of colon and rectal surgery and director of MD Anderson’s…

For Match Day 2026, the share of non-U.S. international medical graduates matched to a post-graduate year 1 position fell to a five-year low.  “[International medical graduates] play an important role in the U.S. physician workforce, and recent federal immigration policy…

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System will develop a solid organ transplant program at Tampa-based St. Joseph’s Hospital in partnership with Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine.  BayCare expects to begin performing kidney transplants in 2027, according to a March 31 news release from…

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health has appointed David Dickens, MD, as division chief of hematology/oncology for Nemours Children’s Hospital Florida. Dr. Dickens previously served as clinical director of pediatric oncology services and director of the pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship program at…

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center recorded an operating loss of $47.9 million (-0.6% operating margin) in 2025, down from an operating income of $202.2 million (2.5% margin) in 2024, according to its March 31 financial report. Memorial…

Mercy Hospital St. Louis is adding a noninvasive technology that directs sound waves to destroy liver tumors. The hospital is slated to become the first in Missouri and among the first 100 in the U.S. to use the Edison histotripsy…

Mammography use among U.S. women remained largely stable from 2002 to 2022, though several subgroups — particularly younger women — experienced notable declines, a study found. The study, led by researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and published March…