Mayo receives $100M gift from Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation to expand proton beam therapy services in Minnesota

National Association for Proton Therapy expresses support for CMS rule to improve prior authorization

The National Association for Proton Therapy commended CMS for ensuring seniors have timely access to medical care, especially advanced cancer treatments, through the Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes, or e-PA, Rule.

January 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.03

Drugs & Targets

New York Proton Center and WiTT Group form strategic partnership to help patients address non-clinical cancer care costs

The New York Proton Center and the WiTT Group Inc. formed a strategic partnership to help patients navigate the non-clinical challenges of cancer treatment.

January 12, 2024

Vol.50 No.02

In Brief

Kristin Heath named executive director of the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute

Kristin A. Heath was named executive director of the University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute. Kristin A. Heath succeeds Stuart L. Klein, who retired in November 2023 after 18 years.

January 05, 2024

Vol.50 No.01

In Brief

Nationwide Children’s Hospital and OSUCCC—James open proton therapy center opens

Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute opened a $100 million, 55,000 square foot proton therapy center. It is the first treatment facility in central Ohio offering this highly targeted form of radiation therapy for treatment of complex tumors that cannot be removed through surgery.

January 05, 2024

Vol.50 No.01

Obituary

Franklyn Prendergast, first Black director of an NCI-designated cancer center, was a role model to minority physicians

This week came word of the passing of Franklyn Prendergast, professor emeritus of the Mayo College of Medicine and Science and director emeritus of the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center.

October 20, 2023

Vol.49 No.39

By Otis W. Brawley and Robert A. Winn

Obituary

Mayo’s Franklyn Prendergast dies at 78

On Oct. 12, 2023, the world lost a brilliant mind, a dedicated physician and an extraordinary individual.

October 20, 2023

Vol.49 No.39

By Audrey Laine Seymour

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