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Tumor mutation model
Finding
Tumor Mutational Burden Can Help Predict Response to Immunotherapy in Many Different Cancers

Investigators confirmed that people whose tumors have a high tumor mutational burden and were treated with immunotherapy lived longer.
MSK radiation oncologist Nancy Lee
In the Clinic
Low-Dose Radiation Successfully Treats HPV Throat Cancer With Fewer Side Effects

Learn how HPV-related head and neck cancer can be treated with a sharply reduced radiation dose to prevent side effects, sometimes without surgery.
John Mendelsohn
Feature
Remembering John Mendelsohn, a Pioneer of Targeted Therapy for Cancer

The scientific world lost one of its greats this week. Here, we reflect on his influence.
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.
MSK urologic surgeon Timothy Donahue
In the Clinic
New Imaging Technique Could Reduce Side Effects of Prostate Cancer Surgery

Learn how a new imaging approach lights up nerves so they can be avoided during prostate cancer surgery.
Nadeem Riaz and Timothy Chan
Finding
Gene Discovery Could Lead to More-Personalized Treatment with Immunotherapy

Researchers have found two gene mutations that many exceptional responders to ipilimumab have in common.
Dr. Alexander Drilon
Targeted Drug Selpercatinib Greatly Reduces Risk of Recurrence in Early-Stage Lung Cancer

A clinical trial led by an MSK researcher found that the targeted therapy selpercatinib reduces the risk of recurrence by more than 80% for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancers carrying a RET gene fusion.
Breast cancer mosaic
Snapshot
New Technology Could Enable Immediate Detection of Tumor Borders during Surgery

Memorial Sloan Kettering scientists are developing new imaging instrumentation that could enable pathologist and surgeons to collaborate more seamlessly and reduce the need for repeat surgeries.
3-D illustration (in pink) of female reproductive system anatomy
Feature
Gynecologic Cancers: The Next Immunotherapy Frontier?

Learn how immunotherapy holds promise for transforming the treatment of gynecologic cancers.
mmunofluorescent light micrograph of melanoma cancer cells
In the Clinic
Noninvasive Imaging Tools Enable Better Detection of Skin Cancer

MSK dermatologists are using noninvasive imaging methods to detect skin cancer and guide its treatment.