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MSK thoracic oncologist Robert Daly, MD, MBA is seen standing in a clinic hallway.
Learn how new clinical trials at MSK are helping make cancer care at home a reality.
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Support
Research has shown that quitting tobacco use immediately improves health and that tobacco treatment programs make it easier to quit than going it alone.
Surgeon-scientist Vinod Balachandran in the laboratory
Q&A
What To Know About Pancreatic Cancer
Learn about important advances in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
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In the Lab
Researchers identify a compound that appears to eliminate tumor cells in a dish and in mice.
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Feature
MSK researchers moved cancer science ahead in 2015 with landmark discoveries that suggest new treatment strategies and shed light on how the disease progresses.
Dr. Debyani Chakravarty
Patients of European ancestry are more likely to find a match to the latest targeted cancer drugs than patients of other ancestries, according to new MSK research. This trend could exacerbate disparities in cancer outcomes.
Charles Swanton
Q&A
Charles Swanton of Cancer Research UK and University College London was one of the recipients of the 2021 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research.
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In the Lab
The online resource will serve as a benchmark for researchers studying metabolism and cancer.
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In the Clinic
Scientists are decoding the genetic changes that drive individual cancer cells. This may help them develop more-effective targeted therapies.
Dr. Neal Rakesh
Cancer pain is common, even after treatment has ended, so doctors at MSK have developed a number of ways to treat cancer pain and help people get back to their lives.