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Philip Paty
Surgery Not Necessary for Most Late-Stage Colorectal Cancers

A new study shows that a large majority of patients who present with advanced colorectal cancer that has spread to other organs (stage IV) don't require immediate surgery to remove the primary tumor in the colon.
Dr. Charles Sawyers
Memorial Sloan Kettering Investigator Named Dream Team Leader by Stand Up To Cancer

Charles Sawyers, MD, Director of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has been named a "Dream Team" leader by Stand Up To Cancer and will co-lead a collaborative team that will receive $15 million to study targeted therapies to treat women's cancers.
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Genes Found to Play a Role in Breast Cancer's Spread to the Brain

New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center identifies three genes that specifically mediate the metastasis, or spread, of breast cancer to the brain and illuminates the mechanisms by which this spread occurs.
Charles Sawyers, MD
Drug Shows Activity in Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

A new multi-center study shows that an experimental drug lowers prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels - a marker for tumor growth - in men with advanced prostate cancer for whom traditional treatment options have failed.
Media Advisory
Genetic Abnormality May Increase Risk of Blood Disorders

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have shown for the first time that a tendency to develop some blood disorders may be inherited.
Dr. Tim A. Ahles
NIH Awards $15.9 Million to CCNY and Memorial Sloan Kettering to Create Partnership to Address Cancer Disparities

The National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute has awarded The City College of New York and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center a $15.9 million grant to implement a unique partnership in cancer research, education, and outreach.
A doctor at MSK
Childhood Cancer Survivors Not Following Recommended Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines

The majority of young women at an increased risk of breast cancer due to chest radiation treatment for childhood cancer are not following breast cancer screening recommendations, according to a recently released, detailed assessment appearing in the January 28, 2009, issue of the <I>Journal of the American Medical Association</I>.
Peter B. Bach, MD, MAPP
Media Advisory
Why Cancer Drugs Are So Expensive and Why Medicare Can't Fix the Problem

A new health policy report which will be published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that the swift and dramatic rise in cancer-drug spending is due to laws that keep Medicare from managing the use or price of cancer drugs. These laws limit Medicare's actions in cancer far more than they are limited in other areas of healthcare.
Stephen Nimer, MD
Research Shows Cell's Inactive State is Critical for Effectiveness of Cancer Treatment

A new study sheds light on a little understood biological process called quiescence, which enables blood-forming stem cells to exist in a dormant or inactive state in which they are not growing or dividing. According to the study's findings, researchers identified the genetic pathway used to maintain a cell's quiescence, a state that allows bone marrow cells to escape the lethal effects of standard cancer treatments.
Michelle S. Bradbury
Researchers Create Smaller, Brighter Probe, Tailored for Clinical Molecular Imaging and Tumor Targeting

Researchers have developed a new generation of microscopic particles for molecular imaging, constituting one of the first promising nanoparticle platforms that may be readily adapted for tumor targeting and treatment in the clinic.