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2017 Apr 17

New study challenges diagnostic approach for common urological condition

Combining kidney ultrasound with a visual examination of the bladder and urethra appears to be the most cost-effective way to screen for cancers of the genitourinary tract in people with microscopic amounts of blood in their urine, according to Weill Cornell urologists Read more

2017 Apr 14

Expanded drug combinations produce best myeloma induction

Ruben Niesvizky, M.D., discusses the optimal induction therapy for patients with multiple myeloma. Read more

2017 Apr 11

The federal panel that opposed prostate cancer screening just changed its mind

Jim Hu, M.D., comments on new PSA screening guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Read more

2017 Apr 07

Giving terminally ill patients the 'Right-to-Try'

Manish Shah, M.D., weighs in on proposed 'right-to-try" legislation that would give terminally ill patients access to experimental drugs. Read more

2017 Apr 06

We Are Weill Cornell Medicine: Dr. Praveen Raju

Praveen Raju, M.D., is a featured faculty member in the #WeAreWCM campaign. Read more

2017 Apr 05

In 2030, the top cancer in HIV patients may be a surprise

Ethel Cesarman, M.D., Ph.D., comments on a study about cancers linked to AIDS and suppressed immunity. Read more

2017 Apr 05

Indications of Early-Onset CRC

Manish A. Shah, M.D., discusses his research into indications of early-onset colorectal cancer. Read more

Bladder cancer survivor Irene Price and Dr. David Nanus

2017 Apr 05

Evolving therapeutic strategies in renal cell carcinoma

David Nanus, M.D., discusses evolving therapeutic strategies in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant setting for patients with RCC at the 2017 Interdisciplinary Prostate Cancer Congress. Read more

Manish Shah, M.D., gastrointestinal oncology expert at the Meyer Cancer Center of Weill Cornell Medicine

2017 Apr 05

Long-term aspirin may cut risk for cancer death

Manish Shah, M.D., comments on a study about the association of long-term aspirin use and cancer death. Read more

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2017 Apr 03

Investigators Named to Stand Up 2 Cancer’s Colorectal Dream Team

Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian have been named to the nonprofit Stand Up 2 Cancer’s Colorectal Dream Team to drive new advances in colorectal cancer research and treatment. The interdisciplinary team, funded... Read more

Lew Cantley and Katie Couric at Stand Up to Cancer/AACR announcement event

2017 Apr 03

Weill Cornell Medicine joins colorectal cancer 'Dream Team'

A $12 million award from the Stand Up to Cancer Foundation will help fund trials testing Vitamin C as a therapy for patients with colon, lung and pancreatic cancers. Read more

2017 Apr 02

Bringing bladder cancer into focus

Bishoy Faltas, M.D., and LaMont Barlow, M.D., are exploring FAK inhibition as a potential targeted therapy for urothelial cancer. Read more

2017 Apr 02

Cell therapy provides shot at a cure for fatal thyroid cancer

In the first demonstration of the potential for CAR-T therapy for previously untreatable advanced thyroid cancers, researchers from the Meyer Cancer Center were able to eliminate cancerous cells in cultures and mice. Read more

2017 Apr 01

Women with healthy BMI may have increased risk of breast cancer

Women with a healthy body mass index (BMI) may be at risk of developing breast cancer because of enlarged fat cells in their breast tissue that trigger an inflammatory process, according to Andrew Dannenberg, M.D. Read more

2017 Apr 01

Toxic targets: Saving lives in silico

A computational tool created by graduate students predicts how people’s livers, hearts and other tissues might respond to different drugs, in order to ID potentially dangerous side effects before the drugs are tested in people. Read more

2017 Mar 31

Shedding a light on "dark matter" data

Ekta Khurana, Ph. D., assistant professor of computational genomics has created a computational tool that can mine terabytes of overlooked genomic data to uncover potentially unknown drivers of cancer. Read more

2017 Mar 30

Health conditions that disproportionately affect black women

Adrienne Phillips, M.D., discusses some cancers and blood disorders that are prevalent in black women. Read more

2017 Mar 23

Study to focus on breast cancer link to bone metastasis

Ithaca associate Claudia Fischbach-Teschl, Ph.D., has secured more than $1 million in funding from the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) to study breast cancer’s effect on the mineralization pathways in bone. Read more

2017 Mar 22

Why Trump’s N.I.H. cuts should worry us

A substantial N.I.H. budget cut would undermine the fiscal stability of universities and medical schools, many of which depend on N.I.H. funding; it would erode America’s leadership in medical research; and it would diminish opportunities to discover new ways to prevent and treat diseases, argues Harold Varmus, M.D. Read more

2017 Mar 22

Three-pronged approach key to precision medicine

Patient-derived organoids are allowing researchers and clinicians to take precision medicine to the next level, according to a new paper by Mark Rubin and Lewis Cantley. Read more

News

New study challenges diagnostic approach for common urological condition

Expanded drug combinations produce best myeloma induction

The federal panel that opposed prostate cancer screening just changed its mind

Giving terminally ill patients the 'Right-to-Try'

We Are Weill Cornell Medicine: Dr. Praveen Raju

In 2030, the top cancer in HIV patients may be a surprise

Indications of Early-Onset CRC

Evolving therapeutic strategies in renal cell carcinoma

Long-term aspirin may cut risk for cancer death

Investigators Named to Stand Up 2 Cancer’s Colorectal Dream Team

Weill Cornell Medicine joins colorectal cancer 'Dream Team'

Bringing bladder cancer into focus

Cell therapy provides shot at a cure for fatal thyroid cancer

Women with healthy BMI may have increased risk of breast cancer

Toxic targets: Saving lives in silico

Shedding a light on "dark matter" data

Health conditions that disproportionately affect black women

Study to focus on breast cancer link to bone metastasis

Why Trump’s N.I.H. cuts should worry us

Three-pronged approach key to precision medicine

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