A novel cell therapy developed by researchers at Los Angeles-based UCLA Health has shown effectiveness against metastatic pancreatic cancer in preclinical models, according to a study published Nov. 21 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The therapy, called…
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Three cancer centers recently earned accreditation from the American Society of Radiation Oncology. Albany, Ga.-based Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, along with Tampa General Hospital’s Cancer Institute and TGH Cancer Institute Brandon Healthplex, are among the latest facilities to gain accreditation…
The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center has launched a Lung Cancer Rapid Access Program to expedite care for patients with recent lung cancer diagnoses. The program aims to connect patients with lung cancer specialists within two days of referral. During…
The Beat Childhood Cancer Research Consortium has added its first international member, welcoming the Pediatric Cancer Center Barcelona at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu. The center is the first institution outside North America to join the consortium, which comprises more…
UW Health’s Eastpark Medical Center in Madison, Wis., is on track to become one of the first sites in the world to offer upright proton therapy, with treatment expected to begin in summer 2026. The health system completed construction of…
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Detroit-based Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute has become the first cancer center in Michigan to administer a newly approved tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy, lifileucel, to a patient with advanced melanoma. The one-time treatment, marketed as Amtagvi, was approved by the FDA…
Washington, D.C.-based Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital has received $40 million in philanthropic funding to establish a new Pediatric Radiation Oncology Research Center. The new center will collaborate with institutions including Boston-based Mass General Brigham for…
Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare will expand oncology services at the Middletown (Del.) Health Center, which is under construction and expected to open in May 2027. The new location, in which the health system is investing $92.3 million, will provide multidisciplinary cancer…
New York City-based Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center is diagnosing more patients with stage 1 lung cancer than stage 4 for the first time in decades. In 2024, stage 4 lung cancer diagnoses fell to 34% while stage 1 diagnoses…
Expanding screening criteria set by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force would increase lung cancer detection from 35.1% to 62.1%, according to a study published Nov. 20 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers analyzed data from 997 lung cancer patients diagnosed…