HOG involved in clinical trials for drug to treat breast cancer

The research department at Highlands Oncology Group in Rogers and Fayetteville was part of a recent clinical trial, leading to a new drug that treats breast cancer. The drug, Kisqali, was developed by Novartis and been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug...

Fayetteville oncology clinic hopes to continue working with IBM Watson to facilitate cancer trials

The now famous IBM Watson has helped connect cancer research at Fayetteville-based Highlands Oncology Group with research at Mayo Clinic, M.D. Anderson and other research capable clinics. Earlier this year Highlands Oncology began using IBM Watson to screen patient...

Highlands Oncology Group fighting cancer with high-precision machine

A Northwest Arkansas cancer treatment provider has started using a high-precision machine to treat patients. On Oct. 31, Highlands Oncology Group started treating patients with a TrueBeam linear accelerator, manufactured by Varian Medical Systems, according to a news...

HOG Clinical Research Advancing Cancer Treatment

Northwest Arkansas-based Highlands Oncology Group, as a community oncology provider, has offered clinical trials that have led to advances in treatments for lung, breast, ovarian and Hodgkin lymphoma cancers. “Over the past 15 years, Highlands has been involved in...

Center for Chest Care Supervisor Spoke at Conference in Washington, D.C.

Rogers, AR, October 29, 2015 (Newswire.com) – Joanna Thompson, supervisor of the Center for Chest Care and the NWA Lung Cancer Screening Program, spoke in October at The Lung Cancer Alliance Screening and Care Conference in Washington, DC. The Lung Cancer...