Oncology

St. Louis-based SSM Health has expanded the cancer center at St. Joseph Hospital-Lake Saint Louis (Mo.). The “multi-million-dollar transformation” increases treatment capacity and patient access to oncology services, according to a July 9 news release from SSM Health. The cancer…

The American Society for Radiation Oncology has elected Beth Erickson, MD, as president.  Dr. Erickson is chief of brachytherapy services and the J. Frank and Vera B. Wilson Professor of Radiation Oncology at Milwaukee-based Medical College of Wisconsin, according to…

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center has opened the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Proton Center. The proton therapy facility is located at Moffitt’s Speros Outpatient Center in Land O’Lakes, Fla., according to a July 28 news release from the cancer…

Patients diagnosed with autism are 35.6% less likely to receive cancer screening within one year of reaching screening eligibility despite being diagnosed at roughly the same rate as the general population. As a result, patients with autism are more likely…

The Association for Clinical Oncology has submitted comments to CMS over concerns that work requirements included in the agency’s interim final rule, published June 1, would increase administrative burden for both cancer patients and physicians. Under HR 1, low-income, nonpregnant…

Madison, Wis.-based UW Health has begun offering proton therapy services at Eastpark Medical Center, also in Madison.  Proton therapy services are available for adult patients who are participating in a clinical trial, according to a July 28 news release from…

The National Cancer Institute has appointed Senthil Muthuswamy, PhD, director of the Center for Cancer Research.  Dr. Muthuswamy previously served as chief of the Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics within the Center for Cancer Research, according to a July…

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has tapped Adam Boruchov, MD, as physician-in-chief of the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute.  Dr. Boruchov succeeds Peter Yu, MD, who is stepping down from the role after more than a decade, according to a news release shared…

The Stanford Cancer Institute, part of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine, has appointed Pamela Munster, MD, inaugural associate director for early detection and interception research.  Dr. Munster will work alongside Vivek Subbiah, MD, associate director of drug development and precision…

Monica Baskin, PhD, has been named director of Richmond, Va.-based VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, pending board approval in September.  Dr. Baskin will begin serving as director Aug. 3, according to a July 27 news release from VCU Massey.  She…