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… Job Title Senior Research Scientist Degree MD Email [email protected]

For men with inherited mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2, a new program at MSK provides a “one-stop shop” for highly personalized cancer screening and surveillance.

… Thursday, June 16, 2022 Perhaps the best known of all the cancer predisposition genes are inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 . They were originally associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancers . Later studies revealed they also raised the risk of prostate and pancreatic

… Job Title Genetic Counselor, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Australia Degree PhD Start Year 1997 End Year 1999 Email [email protected]

Researchers discover that a subset of lung adenocarcinomas are aggressive because of mutations that allow them to block ferroptosis, a type of cell death.

… Tuesday, December 1, 2020 Summary An MSK team has found that a particular subset of lung adenocarcinomas is aggressive due to a combination of two mutations that allow them to block ferroptosis, a type of cell death. Targeted therapies are currently available for about one-third of people with lung adenocarcinoma

BRCA1 and BRCA2 are not the only genes associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.

… BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are the most well-known genes associated with breast cancer , but other genes have been identified as well. Depending on an individual’s personal and family history, multigene panel genetic testing may be used to evaluate other breast cancer–associated genes. Known Genetic Mutations

Learn about the symptoms of pancreatic cancer, such as abdominal pain and nausea.

… Learn about the symptoms of pancreatic cancer, including abdominal pain, nausea, and more. What are the signs and symptoms of pancreas cancer? So pancreas cancer’s an insidious process, and there aren’t any signs or symptoms that speak specifically to this disease in that they can represent a variety

… Job Title Administrative Assistant

… Job Title Postdoctoral Researcher Education PhD, Carnegie Mellon University (Computational Biology); MS, Carnegie Mellon University (Machine Learning); MS, Tsinghua University (Control Science and Engineering); BEng, Tsinghua University (Automation) Degree PhD Email [email protected]

MSK Infectious disease specialist Tobias Hohl answers questions cancer patients may have about tests for COVID-19 antibodies.

… Tests for COVID-19 antibodies are beginning to play a role in determining who has had the infection as well as calculating the prevalence of the disease. We asked Tobias Hohl , Chief of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Infectious Diseases and Allergy Service, to explain what these tests mean for people with

El especialista en enfermedades infecciosas de MSK, Tobias Hohl, responde a las preguntas que los pacientes con cáncer puedan tener sobre las pruebas de anticuerpos contra la COVID-19.

… Las pruebas de anticuerpos contra la COVID-19 están empezando a desempeñar un papel tanto para determinar quién ha tenido la infección como para calcular la prevalencia de la enfermedad. Le pedimos a Tobias Hohl , jefe del Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas de Memorial Sloan Kettering, que explique