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Announcement
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AACR Project GENIE Seeks to Advance Cancer Treatment

Eight leading cancer centers are coming together to share genomic sequencing data, in the hope of making faster progress in curing cancer.
Finding
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Could a Blood Test Detect Early-Stage Cancers?

A sensitive assay for detecting tumor DNA in the blood performed well in patients and may herald the development of a blood test for cancer screening.
In the Lab
Computational biologist Quaid Morris
Machine Learning Helps Clarify the Risk Connected to Age-Related Blood Condition

A new study shows how evolution and natural selection influence clonal hematopoiesis, an aging-related blood condition that increases the risk of blood cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Simon Powell
An Interview With Simon Powell

Dr. Powell joined Memorial Sloan Kettering in 2008 as Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology with a joint appointment in Sloan Kettering Institute's Molecular Biology Program.
MD-PhD Candidate Brandon Cuevas in an MSK lab
The Next Generation of Cancer Researchers: Brandon Cuevas

Meet Cancer Engineering MD-PhD candidate Brandon Cuevas: “Being able to be a bridge between medicine and research is such a privilege, one that not many places can offer.”
Mobile Health Unit
Education and Care on Wheels: MSK’s Mobile Health Unit Serves Communities across New York Metro Area

MSK’s Mobile Health Unit provides health education, screening, and navigation services to underserved communities in the New York metro area.
Patient Story
MSK gynecologic surgeon Dr. Mario Leitao and Dr. Anh Le.
Full Circle: MSK Patient Survives Deadly Cervical Cancer and Returns to Train as Doctor

Read about a medical student treated at MSK for aggressive cervical cancer who later returned to train alongside MSK surgeons.
In the Lab
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Research Clarifies How IDH Mutations Cause Cancer

The MSK team’s goal was to get at the underlying defects in cells that these mutations cause.
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New Research Shows How Cancer Rewires a Key Immune Pathway To Spread

A collaboration between MSK and Weill Cornell Medicine discovered a new relationship between cancer cells and the immune system, and shows how cancer can selfishly hijack a normally helpful immune pathway.
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MSK Research Highlights, October 31, 2023

New MSK research identifies a promising immunotherapy target for acute myeloid leukemia; decodes genetic differences in tumors from patients with African ancestry; and finds a virtual mind-body fitness program reduced hospitalizations for those in active cancer treatment. A clinical trial led by MSK also resulted in the approval of a new combination therapy for non-small cell lung cancer.