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For Men with Prostate Cancer, When Is Active Surveillance Better than Treatment?

Learn why Bobby Logan chose active surveillance for his prostate cancer, and how he was successfully treated after his tumor changed.
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A Lifetime of Connecting with People: MSK Security Guard Ruben Escobar

Meet Ruben Escobar, an MSK security guard who values his family members, friends, and colleagues who have helped him get through life’s pivots and challenges.
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The War on Cancer Must Be Global: MSK Experts Promote More Collaboration at Forbes China Summit

Learn about how MSK staff members recently participated in the 2021 Forbes China Healthcare Summit and spoke about how the war on cancer must be fought internationally with teams collaborating across political boundaries.
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Zhongmin Wang
2021 Chairman’s Prize Honors Research That Paves Way for New Cell-Based Therapies to Treat Autoimmune Diseases and Inflammation

Meet Zhongmin Wang, a fifth-year doctoral student in the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK), who has been awarded the 2021 Chairman’s Prize.
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4 Things to Know about Pancreatic Cancer

Learn about important advances in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
Direna Alonso-Curbelo, PhD
Sloan Kettering Institute’s Direna Alonso-Curbelo Named 2021 Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists Winner

Direna Alonso-Curbelo, PhD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s (MSK) Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI), has been named a winner of the 2021 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists in the “Life Sciences” category.
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To Detect Ovarian Cancer Early, Researchers Look to Nanotechnology

Could an implantable IUD help detect cancer early, when it is most curable? Scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute are betting yes.
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How a Targeted Drug Developed for Breast Cancer Is Helping People with Lung Cancer

A phase II trial of the targeted therapy trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu®) has found that the drug shrinks tumors in more than half of people with advanced lung cancer driven by the protein HER2.
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MSK’s Luis Alberto Diaz Jr., MD, Appointed to President Biden’s National Cancer Advisory Board

President Biden announced on September 15 his appointment of MSK medical oncologist and Head of the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Luis Alberto Diaz, Jr., MD, as one of seven distinguished members of the National Cancer Advisory Board.
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Honoring Her Family’s History and Hispanic Heritage Month: Vanessa Rodriguez

Meet Vanessa Rodriguez, who is an event production manager in the Office of Development, where she works to enhance donor relationships to help fund cancer research.