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Chrysothemis Brown
Immunologist Chrysothemis Brown Named a 2025 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Freeman Hrabowski Scholar

Dr. Brown, whose research has been shedding light on the development of the early life immune system and its relationship to autoimmunity, allergy, inflammation and cancer, was among 30 early career scientists nationwide selected for the 2025 class of scholars.
MSK radiation oncologist Dr. Nancy Lee.
Clinical Update
Pembrolizumab for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Approved by the FDA for Use Before and After Surgery

Read about an FDA approval for immunotherapy to treat head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Lab member using a next-generation sequencing machine
To Study Treatment Resistance in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer, MSK Researchers Develop New Approach

An MSK research team aims to find new ways to stop the most common and deadly form of ovarian cancer — high-grade serous ovarian cancer — from recurring with the help of a method they developed for tracking the evolution of treatment resistant cells in ovarian cancer using blood tests.
Harini Veeraraghavan stands in front of a radiology display
How MSK Doctors Are Using AI To Improve Radiation Treatment

MSK researchers are leading the development of new artificial intelligence (AI) models to improve the targeting of radiation therapy — teaching computers to better isolate tumors and spare more of the surrounding healthy tissue.
A researcher working in an MSK lab
MSK Research Highlights, September 25, 2025

New MSK research highlights the importance of tumor location in metastasis; shows how regulatory T cells work with sensory nerves in the skin to restrain pain and inflammation; explores whether a large language model can adequately summarize cancer patients’ experiences with pain; and finds proton therapy is effective at treating leptomeningeal metastasis.
Gloved hands hold several test tubes of blood with a piece of lab equipment in the background
Liquid Biopsies and Other Blood Tests for Cancer: What You Should Know 

Learn how blood tests called liquid biopsies may be used to find, diagnose, and treat cancer anywhere in the body.
Dr. Selwyn Vickers stands smiling at a podium
A Message From Dr. Selwyn Vickers, MSK’s President and CEO

Fighting cancer is often sobering and difficult work, but it is also full of hope. Ask anyone who works at MSK what inspires them, and they will tell you it’s the courage and resilience of the people they care for every day.
MSK orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jonathan Forsberg examines a patient's leg
A Revolutionary Bone Implant Saves a Patient’s Leg Decades After Giant Cell Tumor

Michelle Smith-Levitin was facing the devastating possibility of having her leg amputated when she sought a second opinion at MSK.
Maria Jasin
Developmental Biologist Maria Jasin Wins the 2025 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize

Dr. Maria Jasin, whose fundamental research on repair of damaged DNA in cells has transformed our understanding of cancers linked to inherited gene mutations, was selected as the 2025 recipient of the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize — the preeminent international award recognizing outstanding women scientists.
Stacey Kaminsky, a breast cancer patient, sits on a hospital bed awaiting an MRI.
How MSK Nurses Offer Relief From Scanxiety

In response to the intense fear that so many people experience around imaging tests, MSK radiology nurses developed new recommendations that are helping patients everywhere.