In the News

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Feature
A woman meets with her therapist.
5 Misconceptions about Going to Therapy
Find out what going to therapy is actually like from MSK postdoctoral fellow Kailey Roberts.
In the Lab
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New Findings Clarify How the “Guardian of the Genome” Works
Surprise! It has to do with metabolism.
ASTRO News: Adding Immunotherapy to Chemoradiation Decreases Local and Distant Recurrence of NSCLC
A new analysis of survival data for the randomized, phase III PACIFIC trial finds adding the immunotherapy cancer drug durvalumab to radiation and chemotherapy significantly decreased the recurrence of lung cancer both in the chest area and in distant sites outside the chest. The updated PACIFIC trial data will be presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), by Andreas Rimner, MD, radiation oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Finding
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How an Altered Gatekeeping Protein Can Cause Cancer
An MSK study explains how the drug selinexor, which was recently approved to treat multiple myeloma and is being tested in many other tumor types, stops cancer.
Event
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Thriving after Blood and Marrow Transplants: The 24th Annual Celebration of Life at MSK
Memorial Sloan Kettering hosted its 24th annual “Thrivers” celebration to honor the patients, staff, and caregivers of the MSK Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) Service.
Announcement
GSK Students Receive Fellowships for the 2019-2020 Academic Year
Gerstner Sloan Kettering recognizes student research by annually awarding the Grayer Fellowships, the Olayan Fellowship, the Robert B. Catell Fellowship, the Palestin Fellowship, and the Geoffrey Beene Graduate Student Fellowships.
Promising Data for RET Fusion-Positive Lung Cancer Patients with Targeted Therapy, Selpercatinib, Presented at the 2019 World Congress on Lung Cancer
Selpercatinib (also known as LOXO-292) is a highly selective RET inhibitor with activity against diverse RET fusions, activating RET mutations and brain metastasis. Phase 1/2 data from the LIBRETTO-001 trial presented at the IASLC 2019 World Conference on Lung Cancer demonstrates selpercatinib’s marked antitumor activity in RET fusion-position non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. These findings, presented by Alexander Drilon, MD, principal investigator and Research Director of Early Drug Development at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, will form the basis of an US Food and Drug Administration new drug application submission.
Finding
What Causes Leukemia after Breast Cancer? Research Shows That a Mutation May Be Present All Along
A study from MSK takes a deeper look at some of the causes of secondary leukemia.
In the Clinic
Clinical nurse Jenna Longo, neuroendocrinologist Eliza Geer, neurosurgeon Viviane Tabar, and head and neck surgeon Marc Cohen
Masters of the Master Gland: Inside MSK’s Multidisciplinary Pituitary and Skull Base Tumor Center
Learn what sets care for pituitary tumors apart from the rest at Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Multidisciplinary Pituitary and Skull Base Tumor Center.
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How Parents Can Help Their Kids Get Ready to Go Back to School after Cancer
Find out how parents can help children who have finished cancer treatment feel ready for school again.