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Monica Morrow
MSK Researchers Target Side Effects More Common in Black Women with Breast Cancer

MSK researchers are studying why Black patients with breast cancer are more likely to experience heart problems that can result from treatment.
In the Lab
Image of dividing breast cancer cells taken with electron microscope.
Researchers Identify Why Women May Develop Resistance to a New Class of Breast Cancer Drugs

Clues emerge about why promising new breast cancer drugs sometimes don’t work — and what might be done about it.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Ralph Lauren Center nurse Jasmine Gibson, breast cancer patient Maria Tucker, and nurse Margaret Bediones
Expert Breast Cancer Treatment in Harlem at MSK’s Ralph Lauren Center

See how experts at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Ralph Lauren Center cared for Maria close to home.
Finding
Radiologist Maxine Jochelson
Imaging and Artificial Intelligence Tools Help Predict Response to Breast Cancer Therapy

For HER2-positive breast cancers, MRI scans that employ machine-learning algorithms can provide more guidance than biopsies alone.
Boris Mueller, MD, Director, Radiation Oncology at MSK Bergen is seen standing in a hallway.
Breast Cancer and Tattoo-Less Radiation at MSK

Learn how people with early stage breast cancer can receive radiation therapy without the need for tattoos at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Rachel Samuels Rand (l) with her husband, Brendan Rand.
3-D Nipple Tattoos After Breast Cancer Surgery: An MSK Specialty

Learn how specialists at Memorial Sloan Kettering tattoo highly realistic nipples and areolas on people who have had them removed during surgery for breast cancer.
In the News
Man meets with a doctor
FDA Recommends Including Men in Breast Cancer Trials

The recommendation comes in the form of draft guidelines open for public comment until October 2019.
In the Clinic
A close-up of fingers inserting acupuncture needles into skin
Acupuncture May Ease ‘Brain Fog’ in Breast Cancer Survivors, Trial Shows

A phase 2 randomized clinical trial at MSK has found that acupuncture can improve cognitive abilities in breast cancer survivors experiencing "brain fog."
In the Clinic
Two female healthcare professionals performing a mammogram on a patient
For Less Familiar Gene Mutations Linked to Breast Cancer, Research Aims to Create Screening Guidelines

Computer models suggest breast cancer screening guidelines for people with mutations in the genes ATM, CHEK2, and PALB2.
Finding
Kate Delp standing on the beach, smiling and holding a yoga mat
Why More People With Breast Cancer Are Choosing Lumpectomy Over Mastectomy: Kate’s Story

An MSK study found a rise in lumpectomies and a decline in mastectomies — reversing a trend that experts say was leading to the overtreatment of breast cancer.