When Eileen Hacker, PhD, APRN, was overcome with emotion upon being inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. When reached by Becker's, she called it an honor and a privilege.
Oncology
Cannabis users are 3.5 to five times more likely to develop head and neck cancers, a recent Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of USC study found.
Heart disease and cancer remained the leading causes of death in 2023, according to provisional data released Aug. 8 by the CDC.
Patients at Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Flint (Mich.) are experiencing disruptions in care after a cyberattack on the system, ABC affiliate WXYZ reported Aug. 8.
Radiotherapy significantly lowers breast tumor recurrence but has little effect on survival, according to a long-term study published Aug. 7 in The Lancet Oncology.
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HHS has awarded almost $9 million to 18 health centers across the country.
Munster, Ind.-based health system Powers Health and Dyer, Ind.-based oncology group Northwest Cancer Centers have partnered to open a new cancer center.
Only four cancer hospitals have an unplanned readmission rate for cancer patients below the national average, according to CMS data.
Recently, the recommended screening age for two cancers dropped, which could impact oncologist workloads.
New York City-based NYU Langone Health has named Gary Deutsch, MD, chief of the surgical oncology division at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine.