Oncology

St. Louis-based WashU Medicine has named its new outpatient cancer care building the Gary C. Werths Building, in honor of donors Richard Frimel and his late husband, Gary Werths.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center will establish an oncology nurse scientist training program with the University at Buffalo School of Nursing with a $2.11 million grant from the National Cancer Institute.

Patients were 20.29% more likely to complete colorectal cancer screening through at-home testing compared to standard care, according to a study published Nov. 25 in JAMA Network Open. 

Cleveland Clinic's VeloSano Cancer Research Accelerator Fund raised $29 million in 2024, the most raised annually since the fund's inception.

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Cancer Center has partnered with the Appalachian Community Cancer Alliance and Grundy, Va.-based Buchanan General Hospital to bring lung cancer screening to rural Virginia and West Virginia residents. 

Although lung cancer incidence rates are declining, more young and middle-age women are being diagnosed at higher rates than men, CNN reported Nov. 25. 

There have been 11 cancer-related novel drug approvals in 2024, according to the FDA website.

The President's Cancer Panel, an independent group tasked with monitoring the National Cancer Plan, has released a new report highlighting ways to achieve cancer care equity through technology. 

At least 3% of breast tissue cells from healthy women contain chromosome abnormalities that are typically associated with breast cancer, according to a study published Nov. 20 in Nature. 

Cancer patient overall mortality risk is 23% lower if they are receiving care at an National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center compared to cancer centers without the designation, according to a study published Nov. 20 in the American Cancer Society's…