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Metastatic Breast Cancer and Motherhood: Staying Hopeful

Learn how MSK's expertise in metastatic breast cancer helped a mother celebrate a long-awaited milestone with her family.
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Q&A
CT Scan Safety: A Radiation Reality Check

Medical physicist Lawrence Dauer explains what you should know about the use and safety of tests such as CT scans that use radiation to obtain images of the body.
Dandelion
Seed and Soil: Tracing the Journey of Spreading Cancer Cells

MSK researchers are learning more about how cancer cells can survive undetected for years only to return in new places. These insights will guide future therapies.
MSK thoracic surgeon Prasad Adusumilli
New Design Could Make CAR T Cells a More Effective Immunotherapy for Solid Tumors

Learn how researchers engineered CAR T cells to work better by using a mutation in a gene called c-KIT that drives cancer cell growth.
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No Longer Left Behind in Cancer Clinical Trials

Nearly every advance in cancer care today is possible because of clinical trials. MSK is breaking down the age barrier that has made it hard for young patients such as Irving Romero Torres to participate in and benefit from clinical research.
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Finding
Sugar Directly Controls a Cancer-Causing Protein, Scientists Find

The discovery suggests a potential new treatment approach for certain cancers.
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Q&A
Keeping Patients out of the Hospital: MSK Geriatrics Specialist Explains the Keys to Caring for Older People with Cancer

An MSK geriatrician discusses the importance of helping older people with cancer manage their treatment and symptoms.
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Cancer Risk Declines in Old Age, New MSK Research Helps Explain Why

A new laboratory study provides evidence about how advanced age can be protective against cancer — with implications for treating patients in different age groups.
MSK physician-scientist Dr. Charles Sawyers
In the Lab
New Insights Show ASCL1’s Role in Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer, an Aggressive and Treatment-Resistant Type

Read about a powerful research model developed by MSK researchers to learn how the most common type of prostate cancer changes into a deadly form.
pathology assistant Fausto Gonzalez
In the Clinic
What’s New in Sarcoma Treatment? MSK Researchers Are Leading Many Innovative Clinical Trials

MSK’s sarcoma team is dedicated to developing new approaches for treating people with this rare cancer.