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A colorful pigeon standing in an urban setting.
With the resurgence of interest in cancer metabolism, researchers are coming to realize that there is more to a cell’s biochemistry than once thought.
Simon Powell
Profile
Meet Radiation Oncologist Simon Powell
Simon Powell leads the Department of Radiation Oncology and focuses in his research on the treatment of breast cancer, including the role of DNA repair deficiencies in breast cancer and breast cancer genetics.
Investigators Lea Moukarzel, Kimberly Dessources, Britta Weigelt, and Sarah Kim in the lab.
Finding
The research focused on sclerosing stromal tumor, a rare, benign ovarian tumor that is not cancer but can be misdiagnosed as cancer.
Ross Levine
The oncology community has stepped up to meet the challenges of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic but must redouble their efforts in order to stem the potential long-term consequences of this public health crisis on the field.
Pictured: Craig Thompson
More than 500 high school students and their teachers filled the Rockefeller Research Laboratories to learn about recent discoveries.
William Coley administers radiation to a patient with one of the first x-ray machines.
Feature
Discover what Memorial Sloan Kettering contributed to the science and medicine of x-rays.
Maria Jasin
More than 20 years ago, this SKI scientist laid the groundwork for a field that is now transforming medicine.
Tiffany A. Traina, Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Meet Tiffany Traina, a breast medical oncologist and the Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
DLP+ in action
In the Lab
Developed by scientists at MSK and the University of British Columbia/BC Cancer, the platform provides the deepest look yet into tumor evolution.
Physician-scientist Alex Kentsis
In the Lab
Research points to the role of a protein called MYB, which has long been known to play a role in cancer.