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Q&A
The Benefits of a Metastatic Breast Cancer Support Group: An Interview with a Social Worker

Learn how a support group could help you if you’ve been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.
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In the Lab
Research Reveals How Sleeping Cancer Cells Wake Up

MSK investigators are studying how dormant cancer cells can become reactivated after remaining hidden in the body for years.
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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.
MSK medical oncologist Jasmeet Singh
Quiz
How Much Do You Know about Breast Cancer Screening? Take Our Quiz

Take a short quiz to test your knowledge of breast cancer screening.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Is Designated as a Qualified Provider-Led Entity under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is now recognized as the first dedicated cancer center in the United States to be designated as a qualified provider-led entity (QPLE) under Medicare’s program for appropriate use criteria (AUC). This designation allows MSK to establish best practice standards for the use of CT scans, MRI, and nuclear medicine imaging from initial screening and diagnosis through all stages of cancer care, including survivorship.
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In the Clinic
Light-Activated Drug Destroys Small Prostate Cancers with Fewer Side Effects

A novel treatment for prostate cancer involves a light-sensitive drug that destroys small tumors and the blood vessels that feed them.
m6A Enzymes Found to Be Central to the Development of AML

A team of researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and Weill-Cornell Medical College have identified, for the first time, a new molecular pathway that is required for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) development. This work could provide a rationale for targeting the RNA methylation program in myeloid leukemia.
MSK pediatric neuropsychologist Stephen Sands
Q&A
At Work: Child Psychologist Stephen Sands

Learn how child psychologist Stephen Sands supports pediatric patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
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Science Byte
Insight into How Lungs Repel Infection Could Guide Therapies for Transplant Patients

Learn how immune cells in the lungs trigger invasive fungal cells to self-destruct. The discovery could produce therapies to prevent infection in cancer patients.
FDA Approves First CAR T Cells for Cancer

In what is being hailed as a watershed moment for both cancer care and biotechnology, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved a personalized, cell-based immunotherapy for use in children and young adults with blood cancer. For more information or to arrange interviews, e-mail Caitlin Hool at [email protected].