Oncology

The American Association for Cancer Research has elected 33 oncology leaders to its 2025 class of Fellows of the AACR Academy.

Using at-home fecal immunochemical tests, NYC Health + Hospitals screened almost 60,000 patients for colorectal cancer in 2024, a 12% increase from the previous year. 

In 2021, Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center began implementing an optional four-day workweek for its nursing leaders. 

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital and Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham have partnered to open a radiation oncology center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 

Danville, Pa.- based Geisinger will build a new, $32 million cancer center in Lewisburg, Pa.

Josh Carpenter, PhD, has been named vice president and chief integration officer at Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center, and president of Speros, a Land O' Lakes, Fla.-based research facility and medical campus owned by the cancer center.

Sixty percent of oncologists are experiencing depression, burnout or both, according to a Medscape survey published March 7. 

"It's really hard to be a patient with cancer. Patients suffer a lot at home and don't reach out," Ethan Basch, MD, said. "Helping to have better communication to address their needs is really meaningful."

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente will end outpatient laboratory services at its Dublin (Calif.) Medical Offices and Cancer Center due to low utilization.

Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have developed a drug that more than doubled median survival time and progression-free time for patients with glioblastoma during a clinical trial.