Oncology

As wildfires spread throughout their communities, cancer center teams across Los Angeles managed the delicate task of delivering oncology care amid mandatory evacuations, billowing smoke and personal loss. 

W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, stepped down as director of the National Cancer Institute on Jan. 20. She announced her departure in a Jan. 17 post on X. 

Oncologists may be neglecting to address how surviving cancer affects a patient's sexual health, according to a Jan. 19 NPR report. 

The state of New York will provide up to $188 million to help establish a new comprehensive cancer center in the Queens borough of New York City.

Of all U.S. states, North Carolina has the highest incidence of breast cancer while Nevada has the lowest, according to the American Cancer Society's annual cancer statistics report, published Jan. 16 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

In 2025, an estimated 618,120 people will die from cancer in the U.S. The figure represents about 30% of the estimated 2,041,910 new cancer cases the U.S. is expected to see in 2025.

Irving, Texas-based Christus Health has broken ground on a $36 million cancer center in Longview, Texas. 

The Perlmutter Cancer Center at New York City-based NYU Langone Health recently launched its new Center for Molecular Oncology, naming Shridar Ganesan, MD, PhD, as director. 

Cancer has become the leading cause of death for Latinos in the U.S., with almost 150,000 new diagnoses every year. At the same time, Latinos have lower cancer screening rates and less representation in cancer research and cancer clinical trials…

The latest issue of JCO Oncology Practice, an American Society of Clinical Oncology journal, is entirely devoted to the topic of "financial toxicity."