Oncology

California and New York have six hospitals included on Healthgrades’ list of the 50 best hospitals for outpatient prostate care, the most of any state. Healthgrades published its 2026 Specialty Excellence Awards Oct. 28. Healthgrades evaluated about 4,500 hospitals across…

Breast health services at Phoenix-based Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center are being renamed after a $1 million gift. The Laura Dreier Breast Center at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Phoenix is being renamed the Carol Fitzgerald Breast Health Center,…

A study led by researchers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center found a new technique cut the recurrence rate of pancreatic cancer to 5%. The study, presented at the September American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting, studied the…

Michael Zinner, MD, cancer surgeon, founding CEO and executive medical director of the Miami Cancer Institute at Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health South Florida, died Oct. 25 from stage 4 pancreatic cancer at age 80. Before founding the institute in…

Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health has granted an institute title to the University of Florida Health Cancer Center.  The title recognizes the UF Health Cancer Institute’s efforts to engage researchers across all 16 colleges at the University of Florida, according to…

Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan will launch a training program aimed at equipping cancer researchers and scientists with the skills to design, evaluate and adapt personalized cancer care interventions. The Methods for Adapting and Personalizing Cancer Control Interventions training program…

Compared to the national average, early-onset cancer rates are disproportionately rising within Corn Belt states of Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana and Kansas, according to an Oct. 27 report from The Washington Post. In 2022, cancer incidence rates were 5%…

Patients with advanced lung or skin cancer lived significantly longer if they received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy, a study led by University of Florida Health and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center…

A digital self-service program developed at Winston Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest University School of Medicine increased lung cancer screening rates among high-risk individuals, according to a study published Oct. 20 in JAMA. More than 26,000 individuals with a history of…

The National Academy of Medicine has elected 90 new members, 12 of which are U.S. leaders in the field of oncology.  Here are the 12 oncologists and cancer researchers from the U.S. who were elected to the National Academy of…