Oncology

A portable and rapid prostate cancer screening kit developed by Cornell University researchers could provide early warning to populations with higher incidence of prostate cancer and limited healthcare access, the university said Jan. 4.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente implemented a new depression screening initiative for breast cancer patients after new research showed the intervention was successful in identifying patients needing behavioral healthcare, MyNewsLA reported. 

These five oncologists joined new practices or received new appointments over the last few months. 

News regarding City of Hope acquiring the Cancer Treatment Centers of America was Becker's most-read oncology story in December.

City of Hope is working to recruit about 350 people as it plans to open a new 190,000-square-foot cancer center in Irvine, Calif., in summer 2022, The Orange County Register reported Dec. 29. 

Cancer patients who experienced breakthrough COVID-19 infections had a 13 percent death rate, a study published Dec. 24 in the Annals of Oncology found.

The American Cancer Society awarded nearly $3.9 million in funding to 77 health systems across the country for lodging costs of cancer patients, providing an estimated 20,000 nights of lodging, the organization said Dec. 9. 

While colonoscopy is the most recommended screening method for colorectal cancers, clinicians often offer alternatives if patients are unwilling to undergo the invasive procedure, a Mayo Clinic study published Dec. 14 found.

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has named Jonathan Riess, MD, the new medical director of its thoracic oncology program, the system said Dec. 15.

Livingston, N.J.-based Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center recently became one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to use the Monarch Platform, a robotic bronchoscopy technology used to detect lung cancer, the hospital said Dec. 9.