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Finding
A Warning Against Using Phone Apps To Detect Skin Cancer

Despite the promise of eventually using artificial intelligence to detect melanoma, much more research and development are needed, MSK experts find.
Different viewpoints of the STING pathway
In the Lab
Putting the STING in Immunotherapy: Research Focuses on Ways to Improve Cancer Treatments

Researchers are looking for ways to make cancer cells more visible to the immune system.
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Support
Study Shows Patients Are Less Active after Cancer Diagnosis

Learn why some patients are less physically active during and after treatment — plus, some tips from Jun Mao, Chief of the Integrative Medicine Service at MSK.
Dr. Gaetano Rocco is seen holding a component of the E-nose lung cancer test.
A Potential New Test for Lung Cancer: The Noninvasive E-Nose

Learn about a noninvasive lung cancer test called "E-nose" that is being investigated at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
John Petrini
Ancient Immune Defense System Plays an Unexpected Role in Cancer, MSK Researchers Find

Along with defending against pathogens, the body’s innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in unexpected ways — ways that have important implications for the development of cancer, researchers at MSK are discovering.
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Q&A
Winter Is Coming: How People with Cancer Can Prevent Slips and Falls

Learn why people with cancer are prone to falls and how to stay safe this winter.
Richard Nixon with Benno and Nancy Schmidt
Mission Possible? Revisiting the ‘War on Cancer’ 50 Years Later

In 1971, Richard Nixon launched a “war on cancer.” It’s still raging.
(From left) David Scheinberg, Andrew Zelenetz, and Joseph Jurcic are using monoclonal antibodies to improve the treatment of patients with leukemia and lymphoma.
Monoclonal Antibody Drugs for Cancer Treatment

Therapies designed to target cancer while sparing healthy tissue show benefit, but have not yet reached full potential.
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Do Mushroom Supplements Boost Immunity Against Cancer?

Dr. Gary Deng of the Integrative Medicine Service helps separate the hype from the proven health benefits of mushroom supplements.
Finding
Why Do Certain Chemotherapies Increase the Likelihood of Blood Cancer?

New research focuses on clonal hematopoiesis, an age-related blood condition that increases the risk of blood cancer.