Oncology

Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health and Hanover, N.H.-based Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine have named Roy Herbst, MD, PhD, director of the Dartmouth Cancer Center.  Dr. Herbst currently serves as deputy director and chief of medical oncology and hematology at Yale…

From cancer center directors to division chiefs, here are 11 health systems seeking leaders for oncology services:

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is piloting a GPS-style program to improve care coordination after mammograms for patients identified as having a high risk for breast cancer.  The system will enroll 250 patients to test the program at San Francisco-based California…

New York City-based NYU Langone has appointed Lisa Roth, MD, as director of the division of pediatric hematology-oncology at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, also in New York City.  Dr. Roth joins NYU Langone from Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell…

A team at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine has developed an online tool to encourage genetic screening among family members of cancer patients and survivors.  The tool — called Genetic Information and Family Testing or GIFT — educates users on genetic…

Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine has broken ground on a new cancer care facility in Wheeling, W.Va., according to a March 24 report from WTOV. The WVU Cancer Institute St. Joseph Regional Cancer Complex is being constructed on the site of…

UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of the University of Texas at San Antonio, has expanded clinical trial capabilities at UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital. UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital has enrolled…

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital Cancer Institute and Tampa, Fla.-based USF Health Morsani College of Medicine have earned a cancer center of excellence designation from the Florida Department of Health.  The designation is a “significant” step for the TGH Cancer Institute…

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park has launched a cancer health initiative aimed at increasing lung cancer screening among Indigenous communities in the U.S. and Canada. The initiative is being funded through a three-year Healthcare Improvement Grant from Eli Lilly and Co.,…

Breast cancer patients who received standard care alongside complementary and alternative medicine were less likely to receive endocrine therapy and radiation as part of their cancer treatment, according to a study published March 2 in JAMA Network Open.  Researchers from…