Immunotherapy has quickly become a cornerstone of cancer care, but some leaders in the field say the prevailing narrative often oversimplifies the highly diverse set of therapies — each with widely different clinical risks, operational demands and implications for health…
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As cancer care becomes increasingly driven by complex, high-cost therapies, health systems are rethinking how tightly oncology and pharmacy are integrated. At Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla., leadership sees pharmacy not as a downstream support function but…
Kansas City-based University of Kansas has received $36 million in federal funding to support research facilities within the University of Kansas Cancer Center, currently under construction. “This funding will be transformational in its impact on our center as it will…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has begun construction on a new cancer center at the Moanalua Medical Center in Honolulu. The Kaiser Permanente Cancer Center at Moanalua will be located on the first floor of the medical center and is expected…
Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare Cancer Institute has been named a care partner of New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Hartford HealthCare’s St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., first aligned with MSK’s standards of care in December 2024, which…
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The House passed a bipartisan healthcare funding package Jan. 22. The most recent edition includes a provision addressing Medicare coverage for multi-cancer early detection screenings. The bill is now in the Senate’s hands. If it passes, Medicare beneficiaries would also…
The President’s Cancer Panel — part of the NIH’s National Cancer Institute — has identified three priority areas “vital for building and maintaining a robust cancer workforce,” according to a report published Jan. 21. The “Ensuring a Strong Future for…
States that expanded Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2014 experienced a 4.8% reduction in risk for breast cancer mortality, according to a study published Jan. 27 in JAMA Network Open. For the study, researchers analyzed…
New York City-based NYU Langone Health has appointed Anirban Maitra, MD, as director of the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center. Dr. Maitra joined NYU Langone in August 2025 as co-director of the newly established NYU Langone Gastrointestinal Cancer Center.…
The American Association for Cancer Research has elected 18 U.S. leaders in the field of oncology, along with six international leaders, to its 2026 class of Fellows of the AACR Academy. Fellows of the AACR Academy are elected after a…