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Colored dots (cells) separating through a funnel-like structure.
Finding
Large Study Pinpoints Genetic Changes Underlying Drug Resistance in the Most Common Type of Breast Cancer

Scientists are learning how estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer evolves to thwart hormonal therapies and are developing ways to stop it.
Papillary renal cell carcinoma under the microscope
Finding
Study Suggests More People with Kidney Cancer Should Be Screened for Hereditary Cancer Genes

Researchers have found that more than 20% of people with a type of cancer called advanced non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma have disease that is driven by inherited cancer mutations.
Pancreatic tumor cells
In the Lab
Studying a Forerunner of Pancreatic Cancer Reveals New Clues about How the Disease Develops

This research is important for developing better drugs and screening methods for pancreatic tumors.
Appendix cancer patient Christine with her family
Feature
When Appendix Cancer Returns: One MSK Patient Shares Her Story

Discover how an MSK patient coped when she found out her appendiceal cancer had returned.
Black-and-white microscopic image of cell from human granular cell tumor
In the Lab
A Study of Rare Tumors Uncovers the Presence of Tumor-Suppressing Genes

Studying the genes of granular cell tumors has revealed a previously unknown process through which cells can turn cancerous.
A person wearing a mask and gloves holds a bag of cord blood.
Q&A
Cord Blood Transplants Provide an Opportunity for a Cure from Blood Cancer

For people who are unable to find a matched bone marrow or stem cell donor, a cord blood transplant may offer the best chance for being cured of blood cancer.
MSK acting teacher Jenny Solomon with two children
Feature
How Drama Therapy Helps People with Cancer Express Themselves

Meet Jenny Solomon, who uses acting techniques to help people cope with cancer.
Sloan Kettering Institute molecular biologist Christine Mayr
In the Lab
Scientists Find Cancer Drivers Hiding in a New Place

New findings from researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute suggest that cancer causes may be lurking in the molecule that bridges DNA and protein.
Sloan Kettering Institute Researchers Look Beyond DNA to Identify Cancer Drivers

Researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute have found that changes in an information-carrying molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA) can inactivate the functions of tumor suppressor genes and thereby promote cancer. The findings pinpoint previously unknown drivers of the disease, indicating that cancer diagnostics need to go beyond the analysis of DNA mutations.
neurosurgeon and a stem cell biologist Viviane Tabar
Q&A
John McCain and Glioblastoma: A Conversation about Brain Cancer with Neurosurgeon Viviane Tabar

Learn from neurosurgeon Viviane Tabar about the standard treatment for glioblastoma, which involves surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation.