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August 31, 2022

In this fourth episode of OncChats: Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care, John Nakayama, MD, and Christopher Morse, MD, discuss key developments made with PARP inhibitors in the ovarian cancer treatment paradigm.

August 24, 2022

In this third episode of OncChats: Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care, John Nakayama, MD, and Christopher Morse, MD, explain the differences between germline and somatic testing in patients with ovarian cancer.

August 17, 2022

In this second episode of OncChats: Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care, John Nakayama, MD, and Christopher Morse, MD, discuss how to counsel patients with ovarian cancer whose tumors harbor BRCA mutations.

August 10, 2022

In this first episode of OncChats: Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care, John Nakayama, MD, and Christopher Morse, MD, discuss how BRCA mutational status affects treatment decisions for patients with ovarian cancer.

July 29, 2022

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

June 29, 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.

June 22, 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. 

April 28, 2022

Howard D. Edington, MD, discusses the use of talimogene laherparepvec in melanoma.

April 21, 2022

Howard D. Edington, MD, discusses the utilization of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy in melanoma.

April 20, 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.

April 19, 2022

Eirwen M. Miller, MD, discusses the current treatment landscape of ovarian cancer.

April 19, 2022

Howard D. Edington, MD, discusses the importance of prevention strategies in melanoma.

April 12, 2022

Howard D. Edington, MD, discusses the evolving treatment paradigm of melanoma.

March 26, 2022

Benny Weksler, MD, MBA, FACS, FACCP, discusses efforts being made at Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute to address disparities in the delivery of care and its impact on the screening and treatment of lung cancer.

January 26, 2022

John Lister, MD, discusses selecting patients with lymphoma for CAR T-cell therapy.

January 19, 2022

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

January 18, 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.

January 17, 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.

January 14, 2022

A 59-year-old police officer with prostate cancer was treated with the Elekta Unity MR-Linac, a breakthrough innovation that simultaneously generates magnetic resonance images and delivers radiation directly to the tumors.

January 06, 2022

Dr Dietz discusses her experience as a woman in surgical oncology, the importance of bridging gender disparities, and her advice to women entering the health care industry.