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AR-V7 Validated as a Predictive Biomarker to Guide Treatment Selection for Men with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

An international team of researchers led by Howard Scher, MD, Co-Chair of the Center for Mechanism Based Therapy and Head of the Biomarker Development Initiative at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), has validated a biomarker that can predict whether people with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) may live longer if they are treated with a taxane-based chemotherapy instead of a second targeted androgen receptor–signaling inhibitor (ARSi).
In the Lab
MSK computational biologist Dana Pe'er
One by One: Single-Cell Analysis Helps Map the Cancer Landscape

Sloan Kettering Institute investigators are taking important steps toward being able to identify all the cell types in tumors. With this information, they can figure out how the cells work together.
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Leukemia cells
Findings from Two Patients Shed New Light on Drug Resistance in AML

A team at MSK has discovered a previously unknown type of resistance to a new leukemia drug.
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A doctor examines a mole.
Don't Scratch That Mole? Scientists Are Learning More about Inflammation and Cancer

It's not only what's inside your cells that determines your cancer risk. It's what surrounds them too.
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Five scientists in a lab
Out of the Closet, into the Lab: Five LGBTQ Scientists Share Their Stories

What's it like being LGBTQ in the world of science? We asked some MSK scientists to find out.
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the Bridges team at dinner
Ten Years of Inspiration and Hope: Bridges Celebrates Its Anniversary

Learn more about Memorial Sloan Kettering’s newsletter for cancer survivors, which is celebrating its tenth year of publication.
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Omar Abdel-Wahab
What Is Epigenetics, and Why Is Everyone Talking about It?

The word “epigenetic” literally means “above the genes.” Calico cats demonstrate a type of epigenetic inheritance called X-inactivation.
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Large cells filled with yellow-colored fat
Cancer Cells Eat Fat to Grow and Spread

Research conducted in zebrafish shows that melanoma cells have an affinity for fat, and that eating it makes them more aggressive.
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Urology Service Chief James Eastham talks to a patient
Prostate Cancer Surgery: What You Should Know

Learn why surgery remains a very effective treatment for most prostate cancers.
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Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of T lymphocyte cells (blue) attached to a red cancer cell.
Discovery of Unusual Cell Type Could Help Guide Immunotherapy

A newly identified group of immunosuppressive cells could provide insight into the effects of immunotherapy drugs.