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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces its most recent awards and appointments for the institution’s physicians, scientists, nurses, and staff.

A new study sheds light on what enables breast cancer cells to spread to the brain and presents a potential target for drugs.

Physician-scientist Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, spoke to 2013 graduates of the “tenderness and tension” inherent in scientific discovery.

Meet Zhongmin Wang, a fifth-year doctoral student in the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK), who has been awarded the 2021 Chairman’s Prize.

During the upcoming ASCO Virtual Scientific Program, MSK Chief of Thoracic Oncology Service Charles M. Rudin, MD, PhD, will present a study that found pembrolizumab addition to first-line chemotherapy significantly improved progression-free survival for patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

Read our suggestions for getting through the holiday season while facing cancer.

Cancer knows no borders or languages. For most people newly diagnosed with cancer, it’s hard enough trying to understand their diagnosis, treatment options, and the life changes that lie ahead without also having to contend with a language barrier. The challenges are even more daunting for people facing an advanced, life-threatening disease.

El cáncer no conoce fronteras ni idiomas. Para la mayoría de las personas recién diagnosticadas con cáncer, ya es bastante difícil tratar de comprender su diagnóstico, las opciones de tratamiento y los cambios de vida que les esperan sin tener que lidiar con una barrera del idioma. Los desafíos son aún más desalentadores para las personas que enfrentan una enfermedad avanzada y potencialmente mortal.