Oncology

Here are four recent partnerships involving cancer centers or organizations formed since May 25. 

While there's no evidence tattoos are linked to breast cancer, the ink may sometimes look like calcium deposits in mammograms — an indicator that cancer has metastasized, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported July 7. 

Findings from recent cancer research include a potential optimal time window to complete treatment after a breast cancer diagnosis, among others. 

A survey involving some of the country's largest cancer centers found a lack of coordination between main centers and their affiliated sites, according to findings published in the June issue of the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

All lung cancer patients should be screened for MET amplification/overexpression before determining a treatment plan, a new study led by researchers at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic suggests. 

People born around 1990 have double the risk for colon cancer and four times the risk for rectal cancer compared to those born around 1950, and for the first time, research has linked early-onset colorectal cancer to an increase in…

Here are six hospitals and health systems that have expanded their facilities or shared plans to open new centers since June 25. 

At the country's No. 1 hospital for cancer care, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, keeping sight of the ultimate goal to end cancer while also lauding the small wins it will take to get there is a…

A report that 70 percent of oncologists surveyed in the past year reported some form of sexual harassment by peers or superiors was Becker's most-read oncology story in June. 

In April 2020, screenings for breast and cervical cancer in the U.S. fell dramatically compared to the previous five-year averages for that month, according to a study led by CDC researchers published June 30 in Preventive Medicine.