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In the Clinic
Genetic ‘Scars’ Provide Clues for Tailoring Cancer Treatment

For the first time, scientists have determined the extent of DNA repair deficiencies across cancer types. Learn what it means for patients.
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MSK Research Highlights, October 31, 2025

New MSK research uncovers unique genetic signatures in cancer patients of non-European ancestry; identifies social adversity as a potential risk factor for higher rates of triple-negative breast cancer among Black women; shows a web-based system could help head-and-neck cancer survivors report their concerns; and finds adding immunotherapy can boost the effectiveness for hard-to-treat follicular lymphomas.
Direna Alonso Curbelo
Sloan Kettering Institute Scientists Learn How Genes and Environment Conspire in Pancreatic Cancer Development

The insights lay the groundwork for earlier diagnosis and better treatment of the disease.
Physician-scientist Nai-Kong Cheung
Caging the Beast: MSK Researchers Design a New Radiation Treatment More Destructive to Cancer Cells

Learn about the work of Nai-Kong Cheung and other MSK scientists who have learned more about how to deliver stronger treatment with less toxicity.
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In the Clinic
CAR Therapy for Solid Tumors Draws Attention at Annual Cancer Conference

Results from a clinical trial indicate that an experimental CAR therapy for mesothelioma is safe.
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In the Lab
Research Clarifies How IDH Mutations Cause Cancer

The MSK team’s goal was to get at the underlying defects in cells that these mutations cause.
MSK physician-scientist Omar Abdel-Wahab
In the Lab
Splicing May Be an Effective Target in the Fight against Cancer

New drugs are being developed that target part of the process to make proteins.
Pedram Razavi, Jorge Reis-Filho, and Bob Li
Finding
Many Mutations Detected in Liquid Biopsy Tests Do Not Come from Cancer Cells, an MSK Study Finds

The new findings suggest the need for caution when interpreting the results from these tests.
Michael Postow, Nitya Raj and Triparna Sen
MSK Leaders Recognized in the 40 Under 40 in Cancer Class of 2020

Chief of the Melanoma Service Michael Postow, MD, Medical Oncologist Nitya Raj, MD, and Assistant Attending Triparna Sen, PhD were included on this year’s list.
Molecular biologist John Petrini of the Sloan Kettering Institute.
Feature
Understanding the DNA-Damage “First Responders”: John Petrini at Work

Scientists know that cancer can result from mistakes in DNA repair. But understanding what controls the repair process itself has been a hard nut to crack.