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Doctor pricks finger of patient with diabetes
Three Things People with Diabetes Should Know about Pancreatic Cancer Risk

People with diabetes can face an elevated risk of pancreatic cancer. Two MSK specialists discuss the relationship between diabetes and cancer, put the risk in perspective, and discuss how to manage it.
Education
A female graduate student
MSK Holds Diversity Recruitment Event for Prospective Postdoctoral Fellows

Women and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in science. Memorial Sloan Kettering is working to change that.
New Study Looks at Low-Dose Radiation That Could Make CAR T Cell Therapy More Effective

A preclinical study published in the journal Molecular Therapy by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) provides evidence that radiation therapy could improve the efficacy of CAR T cell therapy for solid tumors.
Q&A
Kenneth Marians and Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Reflecting on 15 Years of Leadership: An Interview with Outgoing GSK Dean Ken Marians

Meet the man who helped make the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences a reality.
Actionable Insight to Raise Breast Health Awareness

Women want to understand and decrease their risk of breast cancer, and Nicole Saphier, MD, Director of Breast Imaging at MSK Monmouth, wants to ensure that women make the right decisions when it comes to their breast health this October, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and every day.
In the Clinic
Melissa Zinovoy, right, and chief radiation therapist Beeban Natt
Radiation Greatly Reduces Risk of Recurrence for Women with DCIS, a Type of Noninvasive Breast Cancer

Radiation therapy after surgery can sharply reduce the chance that certain low-risk breast cancers will return.
In the News
Molecular biologist Ken Marians and cell biologist Michael Overholtzer
MSK’s Graduate School Welcomes New Dean, Bids Farewell to Its First

Cell biologist Michael Overholtzer will succeed DNA replication expert Ken Marians.
FDA Expands Use of HPV Vaccine: What It Means in the Fight against Cancer

The US Food and Drug Administration has updated its recommendations for the use of Gardasil 9, the vaccine that protects against human papillomavirus (HPV), to include people age 27 to 45. Previously, Gardasil 9 was only approved for use in those between age nine and 26. 
In the Lab
Confocal microscopic image of mouse lymphedema tissue with staining for immune cells and lymphatic vessels.
Researchers Zero In on the Cause of Lymphedema, a Debilitating Cancer Complication

Learn how an MSK laboratory is bringing much-needed focus to cancer-related lymphedema and investigating new ways to prevent the complication.
Dr. Michel Sadelain, Director of the Center for Cell Engineering, receives the Pasteur Weizmann/Servier Prize at the Academy of Sciences in Paris on October 16, 2018.
World-Renowned Immunologist Michel Sadelain Wins Pasteur-Weizmann/Servier Prize

Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Cell Engineering at MSK, has been awarded the Pasteur-Weizmann/Servier International Prize. Dr. Sadelain was chosen in recognition of his pivotal research demonstrating the therapeutic potential of engineered T cells.