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Dana Pe'er, Chair of the Computational and Systems Biology Program at the Sloan Kettering Institute
Year in Review: Top 10 MSK Cancer Science Breakthroughs of 2020

Take a look back at some of the biggest cancer science stories from this past year.
MSK Healthcare Hero rolls up their sleeve to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
MSK Healthcare Heroes Roll Up Their Sleeves to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine

Help save lives. Get immunized.
Q&A
Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Komal Jhaveri
Targeted Therapies, Immunotherapy, and Chemotherapy: What’s New in Breast Cancer?

Learn about the latest trends in breast cancer research reported at this year’s SABCS meeting.
In the Lab
A section of breast tissue with cancerous changes identified.
A Deeper Vision: How Digital Technology Is Aiding Breast Cancer Diagnosis

By training computers to detect pathological changes in slides of tumor tissue, digital pathology promises to help doctors provide better patient care.
Marcel R.M. van den Brink, MD, PhD
MSK Experts Featured at the 2020 ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition

MSK physicians and scientists are involved in notable research to be presented at the meeting and are available to comment on a variety of topics within leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.
Josh Foromera wearing a mask
A Doctor Who Followed His Dream From Zimbabwe to MSK: Josh's Story

Read about Josh Foromera, who was born in a small village in Zimbabwe and recently began a fellowship in the Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Service at MSK.
In the Clinic
Physician-scientist Charles Rudin
Unexpected Finding Reveals New Target for Aggressive Form of Lung Cancer

Researchers discover that a subset of lung adenocarcinomas are aggressive because of mutations that allow them to block ferroptosis, a type of cell death.
Structure of an intermediate during the homologous recombination reaction.
Wielding Powerful Imaging Tools, MSK Researchers Decipher Process of DNA Repair

The high-resolution views provided by cryo-electron microscopy are helping scientists learn how proteins and DNA collaborate to repair broken DNA.
Nadeem Riaz (left) and Jorge Reis-Filho (right)
For People with Certain BRCA Mutations, Activating the Immune System Could Be Promising Treatment

Human data and results from mouse experiments suggest that people with BRCA2 mutations may respond well to immunotherapy drugs.
In the Clinic
Medical oncologist Alexander Drilon
A Perfect Match: Molecular Tests Developed at MSK Guide Personalized Treatment for Lung Cancer

For personalized treatment to work, it’s important to analyze each person’s tumor for genetic mutations and find the best drugs to target those mutations.