Oncology

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System achieved a 75% early lung cancer diagnosis rate through its expanded detection program. The program uses AI to identify incidental findings documented in more than 430,000 radiology reports each year, according to an April…

Hackensack Meridian Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center is partnering with Teen Cancer America to expand the hospital’s adolescent and young adult program. The program treats patients ages 15-39 who have received a cancer diagnosis, and provides survival care to close…

Creating healthcare access is not about “squeezing the existing structure,” rather, it requires flipping the script on what access looks like, according to Jefferson Health President Baligh Yehia, MD. Jefferson Health is a Philadelphia-based, 33-hospital system with a lofty goal.  “When…

For decades, a cancer patient’s access to cutting-edge therapies has been largely delimited by their proximity to an academic medical center. Recent advancements in clinical trial decentralization have begun to loosen that restriction. Between 2018 and 2019, HHS implemented a…

Liver cancer cases are expected to rise dramatically, primarily driven by metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, a recent study found. The study, published March 31 in Portal Hypertension & Cirrhosis, analyzed data from global cancer databases including GLOBOCAN 2022 and…

Baltimore-based University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center received a $5.5 million donation to advance scientific research and cancer care. This gift comes from the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Family Foundation, according to an April 13 system news release. It…

WVU Medicine Princeton (W.Va.) Community Hospital has taken the first step toward building a $35 million comprehensive cancer center. The system demolished a former laundry facility to make way for the new 45,500-square-foot center, according to an April 7 news…

Seattle-based Fred Hutch Cancer Center awarded 10 cancer prevention projects in Washington. The center provided $15,000 to each project through its community grants program, according to an April 13 system news release. This year had a record number of project…

Whether it’s Baton Rouge, La.-based Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute — part of FMOL Health — becoming the first facility in Louisiana to administer CAR-T therapy in an outpatient setting, or New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s $1.1…

Researchers at Augusta (Ga.) University found that young adults with colorectal cancer frequently experience treatment delay and have less access to treatment. The study found that colorectal cancer patients under 50 waited more than 90 days after diagnosis to begin…