Oncology

Cancer care facilities should prepare for an increase in clinical volume despite coping with financial constraints resulting from COVID-19.

Here are four recent cancer partnerships and affiliations formed since Nov. 9.

The body can be prepped for surgery, and so can the brain — by giving patients "neurobics," or games that serve as cognitive exercises, according to a study published Nov. 11 in JAMA Surgery.

The Miami Dolphins football team donated $75 million, part of a year-round commitment to support cancer research, to the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Nov. 10, according to the Miami Herald. 

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

Beating, fighting, losing and surviving: all words that reflect the scene of a war zone, and coverage of Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek's death is a reminder that this language assumes cancer patients have a choice in their outcomes. 

Stamford (Conn.) Health and Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center in Boston said they are widening Stamford Health patients' access to DF/BWCC's cancer experts and treatments Nov. 10. 

Delray Medical Center in Florida named Mahdi Taha, DO, former lead medical oncologist at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Newnan, Ga., as the medical director of oncology at the hospital Nov. 9. 

Patients living in Medicaid expansion states with newly diagnosed breast, lung or colorectal cancer have a 2 percent hazard of death reduction compared to those living in states without Medicaid expansion, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network…

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, and amid the news of Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek's death, the lasting legacy he left on pancreatic cancer awareness and the patient community lives on.