Oncology

U.S. News & World Report released its 2020-21 Best Hospitals rankings for cancer care July 28, with Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center taking the top two spots.

Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, was named director of the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center in Charleston, S.C.

A $78 million cancer center opened July 27 at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

A majority of oncologists (85 percent) have a net worth of less than $5 million, a new Medscape report shows.

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System said it plans to open a $27 million radiation oncology center Aug. 3.

Five cancer care specialists and oncology service line leaders discuss how they are taking care of patients as their states see huge spikes in COVID-19 cases.

Seth D. Cohen, MD, will serve as regional director of oncology services for the RWJBarnabas Health Southern Region, a newly created position.

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center tapped Issam El Naqa, PhD, as the founding chair of its new machine learning department, according to a July 20 news release. 

Clinicians are more likely to discuss reproductive risks with female patients than male patients before starting chemotherapy, a new study shows.

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the U.S. in March, leaders at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City realized they needed a program to care for patients with both cancer and COVID-19 at home, according to…