Media Coverage

Consumer Reports’ testers have found that sunscreens have become better over the years, but rates of skin cancer continue to climb. Dermatologist Allan Halpern, MD, was quoted.

Thoracic pathologist William Travis, MD, discussed the closing of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.

Some hospitals are pushing low-cost CT scans after a National Cancer Institute study found that CT screening may cut the death rate from lung cancer by 20 percent. Pulmonologist and epidemiologist Peter Bach, MD, was quoted.

A new strategy for genetically bolstering the immune system proved surprisingly powerful against an advanced form of leukemia according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Medical oncologist Renier Brentjens, MD, PhD, was quoted. Additional interviews with Dr. Brentjens also appeared on ABCNews.com and The Scientist.com.

The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s thrift shop kicked off its posh annual fall sale. Executive Director of The Society, Ellen Haddigan, was quoted.

Executive Director of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Regional Care Network, Victor Ribaudo, discussed plans to open a regional cancer treatment center in Harrison, NY.

Psychiatrist Jimmie Holland, MD, discussed the reasons behind husbands leaving their seriously ill spouses to face illness alone.

Urologic surgeon Bernard Bochner was interviewed about a published analysis of SEER data that found that nearly all patients with high-grade, primary bladder cancer do not receive guideline-recommended follow-up care.

Breast imaging radiologist Elizabeth Morris discussed a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that found that women with dense breasts are at a higher risk of breast cancer and are more likely to have aggressive tumors compared to women with less dense breasts.