Oncology

Increased demand for colonoscopies has prompted healthcare leaders to hone preventive screening, service delivery and innovation strategies in recent years.1

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will lead 12 other health systems and academic institutions across the U.S. in a new cancer consortium aimed at addressing health equity and survival rates among pediatric populations.

Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First will transfer ownership of its Health First Cancer Institute building to Titusville, Fla.-based Parrish Healthcare as part of the health systems' collaboration. 

Leaders from two top-five cancer centers, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, shared with Becker's the changes they want to see in cancer care.

Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is publishing an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal. Advances in Cancer Education & Quality Improvement will share research and insights with the aim of improving cancer care and patient outcomes. 

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has named Hidayatullah Munshi, MD, chief of the hematology and oncology division in the Department of Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine. 

Surgeons at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine have performed a double-lung transplant for a patient with stage 4 colorectal cancer through its double-lung replacement and multidisciplinary care program, a first-of-its-kind initiative reserved for patients whose cancers do not respond to standard treatments. 

As part of a $260 million investment, Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health has entered a 10-year partnership with Siemens Healthineers affiliate Varian to advance oncology services in the health system.

In the U.S., care deserts exist across specialties and geographic areas. Represented in a variety of ways, cancer care deserts arise when patients are unable to access appropriate treatments, screenings and clinical trials. 

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health has broken ground on the Dean and Barbara White Cancer Center.