Penn State’s annual IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, commonly referred to as THON, broke its fundraising record this year by raising a total of $13.7 million in time for the student-run charity’s 50th anniversary. 

Penn State Health appointed Dr. Marc Rovito to vice president and physician leader for cancer services, a newly created position that’s part of the health system’s effort to deliver coordinated cancer care across its hospitals and outpatient locations.

A UPMC Hillman Cancer Center has opened at UPMC Hanover, specializing in hematology, medical oncology and gynecologic oncology services.

WellSpan and Johns Hopkins’ Kimmel Cancer Center have had a clinical and research collaboration since 2017 that saw Johns Hopkins provide specialists in pediatric, urology and plastic surgeries as well as second opinions on severe cancer cases, to WellSpan’s Southcentral Pennsylvania hospitals and cancer centers. 

The move will allow the center, which has clinics in Gettysburg and Hanover, to stay independent and “have the capital, technology and expertise to grow into the premier cancer care provider in Pennsylvania.

Patients of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center who are struggling to get to appointments because of transportation costs could receive a Rutter’s gas card to help.

Penn State Cancer Institute’s newest associate director for clinical research is expected to help lead the institute as it continues to expand clinical trials and research new cancer treatment drugs.

A blood test that can detect cancer early has shown what the Geisinger health network officials are calling “promising results.”

Experts say the average cancer patient needs more access and education on the benefits of trials before they choose them over better-known therapies.

A majority of cancer patients do not seek out clinical trials as their first course of treatment, according to a new study by researchers at the Hershey-based Penn State Cancer Institute.

People who have survived or are living with cancer are more likely to die from a stroke than the general public, according to new research from Penn State Health’s Penn State College of Medicine.

When the adult-care company Right at Home of Southern Pennsylvania was asked to care for a 20-year-old brain cancer patient earlier this year, it struck a chord with franchisee Keith Zimmerman.

Carolynn Doerr launched her Caring Transitions business in 2015 with a mantra of “failure is not an option.” Three years later, her mantra was put to the test when learned she had a rare form of cancer.