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A Warning Against Using Phone Apps To Detect Skin Cancer
Despite the promise of eventually using artificial intelligence to detect melanoma, much more research and development are needed, MSK experts find.
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Mission Possible? Revisiting the ‘War on Cancer’ 50 Years Later
In 1971, Richard Nixon launched a “war on cancer.” It’s still raging.
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Why Do Certain Chemotherapies Increase the Likelihood of Blood Cancer?
New research focuses on clonal hematopoiesis, an age-related blood condition that increases the risk of blood cancer.
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Joan Massagué Wins Passano Prize
Joan Massagué is the recipient of the 2007 Passano Award for the originality and importance of his work elucidating the mechanism of action for transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-b) signaling.
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The Inner Light: Nanotechnology Reveals Density of Tumors
MSK <a href="/node/38885">nanotechnology</a> researchers have developed an innovative approach for measuring the permeability of living tumors.
In the Clinic
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A Future Cancer Hospital in NYC to Meet Rising Need
Learn about MSK's visionary plans for meeting the upcoming surge in cancer cases with state-of-the-art clinical care.
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Cancer Biologist Joan Massagué Named Director of the Sloan Kettering Institute
Internationally recognized cancer biologist Joan Massagué has been named Director of the Sloan Kettering Institute. He was previously Chair of the Cancer Biology and Genetics Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
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The Convergence: Scientists Move toward a New Understanding of Metastatic Cancer
Through converging lines of research in stem cell biology, tissue regeneration, and immunity, Sloan Kettering Institute scientists are learning what makes metastatic cancer cells tick.
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New Imaging Agent Could Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering are developing a new strategy for PET imaging of tumors that could result in new tools to detect and monitor prostate cancer.
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Tumor Mutational Burden Can Help Predict Response to Immunotherapy in Many Different Cancers
Investigators confirmed that people whose tumors have a high tumor mutational burden and were treated with immunotherapy lived longer.