Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center

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Ralph Nachman, M.D.

2016 Nov 04

Nachman wins national mentorship award

Professor Emeritus Ralph Nachman, M.D., has won a 2016 Mentor Award from the American Society of Hematology for his commitment to training and mentoring early-career hematologists. Read more

Heather Yeo, M.D. at work at Weill Cornell Medicine

2016 Nov 02

Why 121 years is too long to wait for gender parity in surgery

Heather Yeo, M.D., MPH, discusses the female surgeon experience and her growing role as an advocate. Read more

Jim Hu, M.D.

2016 Nov 02

National prostate biopsy and radical prostatectomy volumes decreased significantly following recommendation against PSA screening

A study by Jim Hu, M.D., and colleagues has found that the rate of prostate biopsies and radical prostatectomies decreased following a 2012 United States Preventative Task Force recommendation against prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing. Read more

Photo of Himisha Beltran, M.D.

2016 Nov 01

Shapeshifters in cancer

Feature about cancer resistance highlights the work of Himisha Beltran, M.D. Read more

Kristy Richards, M.D., Ph.D.

2016 Nov 01

Pack-leading oncologist: Kristy Richards

Profile of Kristy Richards, M.D., Ph.D., and her work with lymphoma patients both canine and human. Read more

Photo of Drs. Rubin, Sboner, Beltran and Elemento

2016 Nov 01

Genomic Testing & Precision Medicine: Bigger Is Better

Olivier Elemento, Ph.D., and Mark Rubin, M.D., penned a guest piece in Oncology Times about genomics in oncology and the role of precision medicine Read more

Marcin Imielinski, M.D., Ph.D., computational biologist at Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine

2016 Oct 31

API-based genomics databank facilitates personalized medicine

Personalized medicine is getting a boost at Weill Cornell Medicine with an online genomics databank that uses an API to integrate insights into the clinical workflow. Read more

Dan Landau, M.D., Ph.D.

2016 Oct 28

How combining an evolutionary perspective with genomic methods can advance CLL treatment

Dan Landau, M.D., Ph.D. speaks about clonal evolution in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), after his talk at the 2016 International Workshop of the German CLL Study Group in Cologne, Germany. Read more

Monica Guzman, Ph.D.

2016 Oct 28

Research identifies new target for cancer therapy

Epichaperomes’ that form in some cancer cells might enable selective therapies, according to research from Monica Guzman, Ph.D. Read more

Photo of Dr Andrew Dannenberg

2016 Oct 27

White adipose tissue inflammation in early-stage breast cancer

Inflammation of white adipose tissue may be a better predictor of breast cancer incomes than body mass index, according to Andrew Dannenberg, M.D. Read more

Rohan Ramakrishna, M.D.

2016 Oct 26

Ending cancer as we know it

Rohan Ramakrishna, M.D., offers his analysis of the Cancer Moonshot Task Force recommendations. Read more

Gary and Ellen Davis

2016 Oct 25

$2M gift to drive Weill Cornell advances in immunotherapy

Ellen and Gary Davis have generously made a $2 million gift to Weill Cornell Medicine to drive ongoing research in immunotherapy. Read more

Dr Mark Rubin

2016 Oct 24

Precision medicine is more than genomic sequencing

There has been an overemphasis on the genomic component of precision medicine, according to Mark Rubin, M.D., director of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine. Read more

Photo of Linda Vahdat, M.D.

2016 Oct 21

Researchers tackle metastatic breast cancer

Linda Vahdat, M.D., appeared on CBS News to discuss her novel copper depletion therapy for metastatic breast cancer. Read more

Eftychia Apostolou, Ph.D.

2016 Oct 20

Apostolou receives $1.5m NIH New Innovator Award

Eftychia Apostolou, Ph.D., has won a New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health for her research on how cells preserve their identity under normal conditions or alter it during pathogenesis Read more

Rohan Ramakrishna, M.D.

2016 Oct 20

Brain surgeon chases new therapies for hard-to-treat tumors

Rohan Ramakrishna, M.D., is testing two innovative new therapies for recurrent glioblastoma and gliosarcoma. Read more

Photo of Richard Furman, M.D.

2016 Oct 20

Furman advises in CLL: Choose appropriate agents and focus on PFS endpoint

Richard Furman, M.D., shared insights into CLL treatments at a special session of the 2016 Annual ASH Meeting on Hematologic Malignancies. Read more

Tessa Cigler, M.D. uses cold caps to preserve hair during chemotherapy

2016 Oct 19

Cold caps help breast cancer patients save their hair

A CBS News feature about cold cap therapy for breast cancer includes a Weill Cornell patient and Tessa Cigler, M.D. Read more

Rache Simmons, M.D.

2016 Oct 19

Cryoablation: Freezing away breast cancers

Rache Simmons, M.D., discusses a new non-surgical deep-freezing treatment for breast cancer. Read more

Photo of Dr. Mark Rubin

2016 Oct 17

Study finds what could be a key to prostate cancer progression

Mark Rubin, M.D., discusses the findings of a study of DNA-repair gene mutations in predicting invasive prostate cancer. Read more