Oncology

Routine cervical cancer screening typically requires patients to receive Pap smears every three years. On Dec. 10, a national task force put forth a new screening recommendation for women 30 and older: HPV testing every five years with the option…

A team from New York City-based NYU Langone Health is among the first to treat a rare radiation treatment complication with a new robotic procedure.

To address the needs of older adult patients undergoing cancer surgery, the American College of Surgeons developed a Geriatric Surgery Verification program. Implementing the program's guidelines resulted in a 72% lower risk of increased postoperative care needs, according to a…

Medical experts are questioning whether digital breast tomosynthesis, also known as 3D mammography, will contribute to lowering the breast cancer death rate or normalize the overtreatment of cancers that may never have progressed, The New York Times reported Dec. 9.

While some cancer treatment rates continue to increase, rates for HPV-related cancers have dropped almost 28% for one age group since 2016, according to a FAIR Health report published Dec. 10.

Atlanta, Ga.-based Northside Hospital has launched a survivorship program to educate and support patients after completing cancer treatment. 

Atlantic Health System's Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center is rolling out a new, minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of advanced lung cancer. 

UChicago Medicine has appointed Ralph Weichselbaum, MD, its radiation and cellular oncology leader.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will establish a new Cancer Identification and Precision Oncology Center with an up to $10 million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.

Global lifestyle brand Ralph Lauren has opened its third U.S. cancer center, according to a Dec. 5 report from Elle.