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What Does Cancer Metastasis Have to Do with Wound Healing? More than You Might Think
Scientists are learning that — in a literal sense — metastasis is wound healing gone wrong.
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Mind the Gap: Scientists Learn How Cells Make and Repair Tight Connections
New findings from researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute provide insight into a fundamental biological process called the epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
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Physician-scientist Piro Lito
Why KRAS Inhibitors for Lung Cancer Stop Working (and What Can Be Done about It)
Recently developed targeted drugs used to treat lung cancer are only partially effective. Scientists now know why.
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Lisa DeAngelis
Meet Lisa DeAngelis, MSK's New Physician-in-Chief
Meet Lisa DeAngelis, MSK's new Physician-in-Chief. She discusses her upbringing, her early career at MSK, and her top priorities as physician-in-chief.
8 Questions with Ken Manotti, Chief Development Officer at MSK
Learn more about Ken Manotti, who leads philanthropic fundraising efforts at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he is a Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer.
Medical oncologist Eric Sherman
Bullseye: Targeted Drug Hits Mutations in Thyroid Cancers as well as Lung Cancers
Learn more about selpercatinib, a targeted therapy that was recently approved to treat lung and thyroid cancers, as well as other targeted therapies for thyroid cancer.
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Fred’s Team Is Running Strong Despite Marathon Cancelation
Read about Sandy Freiberg, who ran a marathon to honor his brother, Evan, who is in his fifth year of cancer treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
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Mission Possible? Revisiting the ‘War on Cancer’ 50 Years Later
In 1971, Richard Nixon launched a “war on cancer.” It’s still raging.
Philipp Niethammer
Playing with Fire: Fish, Ferroptosis, and the Combustible Chemistry of Wound Detection
Cell biologists are finding surprising overlaps between a particular form of programmed cell death and the process of wound detection.
Medical oncologist Alexander Drilon in a mask.
Taking Aim at Lung Cancer
For many people with lung cancer, targeted therapies can provide effective, long-term control of their disease with fewer side effects than chemotherapy.