Oncology

Johnson & Johnson's voluntary recall of five sunscreen products after internal testing detected low levels of benzene was Becker's most-read oncology story in July.

St. Louis-based Siteman Cancer Center, part of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, plans to open a 659,000-square-foot outpatient cancer center in summer 2024. 

Oncologists experienced significant occupational and personal consequences as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a qualitative interview-based study recently published in JCO Oncology Practice. 

Atlanta-based Winship Cancer Institute, part of Emory University, has selected Adam Marcus, PhD, to serve as deputy director, effective Aug. 1. 

The National Council of Negro Women filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson in the Superior Court of New Jersey July 27. The organization alleges the company's baby powder advertising targeted Black women despite knowing the talc-based products were unsafe. 

New Jersey has appropriated $10 million to advance pediatric cancer research and support the development of a children's cancer center at Rutgers Cancer Institute. 

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston earned the top spot on U.S. News & World Report's 2021-22 Best Hospitals for Cancer ranking. 

Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy or HIPEC — a procedure that pumps heated chemo directly to the abdomen instead of the bloodstream — is now being used to treat some pediatric cancer patients at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine. 

While current guidelines rarely qualify women over age 65 for hereditary cancer genetic testing, new research published July 22 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggests all women with breast cancer be offered the testing. 

The American Society for Radiation Oncology is urging CMS to scale back proposed Medicare payment cuts to radiation oncology cancer treatments.