Oncology

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health is expanding cancer care services across Union, Snyder, Northumberland, Columbia and the surrounding counties. The “phased expansion” begins in September, when Joshua Van Allen, DO, will start seeing patients at WellSpan Medical Oncology & Hematology, a…

Aurora-based University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center has launched a summer camp aimed at inspiring students to pursue careers in biomedical research. The program, called Students and Teachers Achieving Cancer Research Experiences Together, or START, was funded by a five-year…

The University of Alabama at Birmingham O’Neal Cancer Center will expand and name its clinical trials program after receiving a $5 million gift.  The Estes Family Clinical Trials Program at the UAB O’Neal Cancer Center is named in honor of…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, part of Vanderbilt Health, will establish a pediatric leukemia program after receiving a $5 million gift.  The gift will support directorships in pediatric leukemia care advancements, cancer predisposition and precision oncology,…

For the first time, U.S. News and World Report released regional rankings for four specialties, including cancer, alongside its 2026-2027 Best Hospitals rankings, published Aug. 4. “These new regional evaluations allow patients to easily identify which nearby, accessible hospitals excel…

The American College of Surgeons has developed an accreditation for rural hospitals that provide cancer care.  Commission on Cancer Rural Cancer Program Accreditation aims to address the approximately 15% higher cancer death rate in rural communities compared to urban areas,…

Five Republican members of Congress have pressed CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reverse a roughly 75% Medicare payment cut tied to image-guided superficial radiation therapy, a skin cancer office-based treatment for less…

Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson is the top-ranked cancer hospital in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2026-2027 ranking, published Aug. 4. MD Anderson has earned the top spot for the past 12 years.  For its…

Grand Junction, Colo.-based Intermountain Health is now offering eligible patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer access to daraxonrasib, an investigational therapy that health system leaders said marks the first significant treatment advance for the disease in years, according to an Aug.…

As the number of long-term cancer survivors grows, so does the number of patients with cardiac damage from chemotherapies and other cancer treatments, Medscape reported Aug. 3. Cardiac damage that can surface years after treatment is a well-known risk of…