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Dr. Selwyn Vickers stands smiling at a podium
To Our Community
More people are surviving cancer today than at any point in human history — extraordinary progress that fills us with hope. But we also know that “survivorship” brings its own challenges. At MSK, we care for people long after treatment has ended, with programs dedicated to managing the long-term physical and emotional effects of cancer.
Lydia Finley
Biologist Dr. Lydia Finley studies cell metabolism — how cells convert nutrients into the molecules they need to function — in order to better understand cancer and help develop new treatments.
Two women wearing blue MSK volunteer jackets walk smiling down a hospital hallway.
Read honest stories about the challenges of survivorship from cancer survivors — and learn how MSK continues to care for people long after treatment has ended.
MSK Medical oncologist and liver cancer specialist Dr. Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa
Article
Read about a new treatment that slows the progression of intermediate-risk liver cancer.
Dr. Alexander Drilon
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.
Andi Straus and her son, Nadav, pose on a hiking trail.
A clinical trial led by doctors from MSK has found that abemaciclib — a drug already approved for certain breast cancers — can significantly slow the growth of dedifferentiated liposarcoma, a rare, aggressive soft tissue cancer.
MSK radiation oncologist Nancy Lee
In the Clinic
Learn how HPV-related head and neck cancer can be treated with a sharply reduced radiation dose to prevent side effects, sometimes without surgery.
MSK breast cancer specialist Pedram Razavi, MD, PhD.
Article
Learn how MSK's researchers are making important strides in overcoming breast cancer resistance.
An MSK researcher at work in the lab
New MSK research provides structural insights into how cancer cells thwart targeted RAS therapies; uncovers promising combination therapies for a rare childhood brain tumor; uses organoids to provide important clues about what drives pancreatic cancer; takes aim at appendix cancer with new laboratory models; and a develops a new precision tool for targeting cancer's energy factory.
Dr. Shanu Modi speaks with a patient
In the Clinic
The FDA has approved trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd, Enhertu) for treating early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer based in part on clinical research led by MSK breast medical oncologist Shanu Modi, MD.