Oncology

For Billy Laing, CFO of City of Hope Cancer Center Phoenix, the path to successful healthcare growth starts in the boardroom and runs through the physician’s office. “Your physicians are your heartbeat,” Mr. Laing told Becker’s. “I think some organizations…

ICU admission rates declined for adult CAR-T cell therapy patients at eight U.S. cancer centers between January 2018 and September 2023, according to a study published Dec. 30 in Critical Care Medicine.  Here are three notes from the study: Read…

Incidence and mortality from uterine and colorectal cancers has increased globally among young adults, particularly in countries with higher Human Development Index scores, according to a study published Nov. 14 in Military Medical Research. For the study, researchers from Somerville,…

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network has joined the Tempus TIME Network, an AI-enabled platform designed to accelerate patient access to cancer clinical trials.  The program will enable Allegheny Health Network to reduce the traditional clinical trial enrollment process from six months…

Boston-based Dana Farber Cancer Institute received the highest linear mean score for physician communication out of 11 cancer hospitals exempt from reporting to Medicare’s Inpatient Prospective Payment System, according to CMS data published Nov. 26.  Eleven cancer hospitals are required…

Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope and Eli Lilly have partnered on an oncology-based pharmacy residency program.  Wafa Samara, PharmD, vice president and chief pharmacy officer at City of Hope, shared news of the partnership in a Dec. 29 LinkedIn post. …

In a year marked by scientific breakthroughs, some of the most meaningful changes in oncology happened not in the lab — but at the bedside. Leaders say 2025 was the year AI-enabled innovation in care delivery began to rival discovery…

Three states have outlined plans to address cancer care access as part of their participation in the new CMS Rural Health Transformation Program. The application window for the program ran from Sept. 15 to Nov. 5., and final awards were…

Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina has opened a new hematology and oncology clinic.  The clinic is the system’s first hematology and oncology clinic in Lancaster, S.C., according to a Dec. 29 news release from the hospital.  The facility offers…

A multicancer early detection blood test increased cancer detection rates more than sevenfold when provided alongside standard breast, colorectal, cervical and lung cancer screening in a clinical trial setting.  The PATHFINDER 2 trial was led by principal investigator Nima Nabavizadeh,…