Britta Weigelt: Featured News

MSK endometrial cancer specialists are seen: gynecological surgeon Carol Brown, MD; Carol Aghajanian, MD, Chief of the Gynecological  Medical Oncology Service; medical oncologist Ying Liu, MD, MPH; and molecular geneticist Britta Weigelt, PhD.
Learn about new insights into endometrial cancer discovered by MSK experts, including why the growing rates of this cancer are even more dangerous for Black women.
Investigators Lea Moukarzel, Kimberly Dessources, Britta Weigelt, and Sarah Kim in the lab.
Finding
The research focused on sclerosing stromal tumor, a rare, benign ovarian tumor that is not cancer but can be misdiagnosed as cancer.
Black-and-white microscopic image of cell from human granular cell tumor
In the Lab
Studying the genes of granular cell tumors has revealed a previously unknown process through which cells can turn cancerous.
Man and woman in white lab coats looking at test tubes
In the Clinic
Scientists are decoding the genetic changes that drive individual cancer cells. This may help them develop more-effective targeted therapies.
Pathology slide showing DCIS and invasive cancer
In the Lab
Analysis of long-preserved single cells on pathology slides aims to provide new clues about the genes that make breast cancer more aggressive.