Oncology

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and BronxCare Health System opened a 10,000-square-foot cancer facility, a Nov. 4 press release said. 

Tasneem Bawa-Khalfe, PhD, assistant professor of biology and biochemistry at the University of Houston, received a $1.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to design a therapeutic strategy to prevent progression of advanced drug-resistant hormone-receptor positive breast cancers, according…

UofL Health in Louisville, Ky., has partnered with Cancer and Blood Specialists of Louisville to open a third location of the academic health system's Brown Cancer Center. 

Researchers at Miami Cancer Institute are conducting several pediatric cancer studies focused on reducing dose to critical structures of the brain, minimizing toxicities from treatment and preserving neurocognitive function in survivors, Matthew Hall, MD, lead pediatric radiation oncologist at Miami…

Here are five cancer-related partnerships formed since Oct. 18.  

A story about an advocacy group filing an ethics complaint against the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston over undisclosed clinical trial results from 2005 was Becker's most-read oncology story in October.

Cancer patients in the U.S. spent $21.09 billion on care in 2019, according to an annual report published Oct. 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 

Minneapolis-based Allina Health System has invested $50 million to launch the Allina Health Cancer Institute, the Star Tribune reported Oct. 28. 

The Miami Dolphins football team presented the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center with $6.3 million during an Oct. 24 game. 

A new pilot program at Yale Cancer Center offers patients next-day access for oncologic consultations to reduce treatment wait times and boost patient satisfaction, according to an Oct. 27 press release.