Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD, has been named director of Tuscon-based University of Arizona Cancer Center. He will step into the role March 1 after having served as director of Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai's Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute since 2018.
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Kimberly Stegmaier, MD, has been named chair of pediatric oncology at Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas Children's Hospital, both based in Houston, have established a joint venture with the aim of ending childhood cancer.
The newly opened AdventHealth Cancer Institute Winter Park (Fla.) was designed with more than radiation and immunotherapy in mind.
The Clemons Family Foundation has pledged $11 million to support cancer research and the completion of two building projects at UCI Health-Irvine in California.
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West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Cancer Institute have opened the Breast Health Center in East Brunswick, N.J.
A female patient has been cancer-free for 19 years after being treated with engineered CAR-T cells, making her the longest reported case of cancer remission after this treatment, Nature reported Feb. 17.
Director of Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Cancer, Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD, is stepping down from the position after serving for six years.
About 70% of physicians said they were not following the recommended guidelines for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer, according to a study published Dec. 9 in JAMA Network Open.
New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has partnered with Amazon Web Services to accelerate cancer innovation and research through AI, high-performance computing and cloud technologies.