Allegheny Health Network

Expert Teams, Exceptional Outcomes: AHN Cancer Institute’s Disease Site Centers Drive Innovation

August 27th 2024

AHN Cancer Institute’s Centers of Excellence unite teams of experts to provide patients with high-quality, collaborative care in a supportive environment.

The AHN Cancer Institute is Leading the Way in Pancreatic Cancer Care, Offering an Early Intervention Clinic, Clinical Trials, and Comprehensive Support

August 12th 2024

At the Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, specialists are turning the tide on pancreatic cancer through early intervention and collaboration.

Immune Therapy Drugs Show Promise in Treating Esophageal Cancer

May 29th 2024

A medical team at AHN tested two courses of neoadjuvant immunotherapy for advanced gastroesophageal cancer — a relatively rare disease.

Cantex and Allegheny Health Network Announce Initiation of a Phase 1/2 Study of Azeliragon in Patients Refractory to First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

December 17th 2023

A phase 1/2 study will assess the safety and efficacy of azeliragon in patients refractory to first-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer.

AHN Cancer Institute Achieves Radiation Oncology Services Accreditation From ASTRO's APEx - Accreditation Program for Excellence

December 8th 2023

Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute’s (AHNCI) Radiation Oncology program recently attained accreditation from the American Society for Radiation Oncology APEx - Accreditation Program for Excellence® for all 13 of its radiation oncology facilities.

AHN Cancer Institute Unveils State-of-the-Art Skin Cancer Center at West Penn Hospital

November 3rd 2023

Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute unveiled its new, state-of-the-art Skin Cancer Center at West Penn Hospital, featuring a first-in-the-region full-body 3D imaging system that provides custom digital surveillance for skin abnormalities.

AHN West Penn Doctors First in Region to Use New Minimally Invasive Technology to Combat Cancer and Target Hard-to-Reach Tumors

September 19th 2023

Interventional Radiologists at Allegheny Health Network's West Penn Hospital are the first in the region, and among the first in the country, to use a cutting-edge new technology called the Aliya Pulsed Electrical Field system, to target and eradicate cancer cells while preserving healthy adjacent tissues.

AHN Breakthrough

January 3rd 2023

AHN Cancer Institute Recruit Brings Unique Expertise in Benefits of Exercise and Nutrition for Improving Cancer Treatment Outcomes

July 29th 2022

Colin Champ, MD, to lead AHN exercise oncology program at AGH Suburban Campus in Bellevue.

AHN Earns Prestigious Three-Star Rating for Lung Cancer Resection Surgery from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

June 29th 2022

Allegheny Health Network’s Allegheny General and Forbes hospitals have earned distinguished three-star ratings from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database for their lung cancer resection surgery program.

AHN Cancer Institute, Illumina to Assess In-House Comprehensive Cancer Genomic Profiling to Enhance Patient Care

June 22nd 2022

Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute and Illumina, Inc., a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, announced a collaboration to evaluate the impact of in-house comprehensive genomic profiling to enhance patient care. 

Prominent Local Cancer Surgeon Rebecca Edmonds, MD, Joins AHN

April 20th 2022

Rebecca D. Edmonds, MD, a surgical oncologist specializing in the treatment of diseases of the liver, pancreas, gallbladder, spleen, colon, thyroid and breast, has joined the Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute.

AHN Engineers Immune Cells

January 19th 2022

Clinicians at the AHN Cancer Institute are taking a giant leap forward in CAR T-cell therapy.

Accredited Program Makes Young Man’s CRC a Distant Memory

January 18th 2022

Trevor Batey was enjoying the first years of marriage and his work as a truck driver when cancer put the brakes on his life. He was in his early 20s when he saw blood in his stool, had a colonoscopy, and was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

Decoding Genes to Target Cancer

January 17th 2022

Allegheny Health Network announced its new Center for Genetics and Precision Medicine, which will provide highly personalized and precise medicine by uncovering patients’ DNA changes within cancer cells to determine effective treatments.