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2015 Mar 27

Dr. Lewis Cantley Honored With the 2015 AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will honor Meyer director Lewis C. Cantley with the ninth annual Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship at its annual meeting. Read more

2015 Mar 25

Lewis Cantley wins prestigious international award

Meyer Cancer Center director Lewis Cantley will receive the 2015 Canada Gairdner International Award Read more

2015 Mar 25

Private donors step up to save medical research

Dean Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D., penned a guest piece for the Washington Post about the lasting impact of sharp cuts to federal funding for medical research. Read more

2015 Mar 24

Surgeon receives National Physician of the Year Award

Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi has been awarded the Castle Connolly 2015 National Physician of the Year Award for Clinical Excellence Read more

2015 Mar 23

Immunotherapy in genitourinary cancers

Mark A. Rubin, M.D., director of Weill Cornell's Institute for Precision Medicine, talks to Targeted Oncology about immunotherapy in the field of genitourinary cancers. Read more

2015 Mar 19

Cancer prevention grant provides boost for blood test research

Andrew Dannenberg, M.D, has received $250,000 to fund research into creating a blood test to detect fatty tissue inflammation in the breast. Read more

2015 Mar 16

Agents Targeted Against PSMA for Prostate Cancer

Scott T. Tagawa, M.D., speaks to Targeted Oncology about PSMA-targeting agents for the treatment of prostate cancer. Read more

2015 Mar 10

Inhibiting the PI3K Pathway

Meyer Cancer Center director Lewis Cantley speaks to Cancer Therapy Advisor about progress in developing and testing effective PI3K pathway inhibitors. Read more

2015 Mar 09

Keeping your hair in chemo

The Weill Cornell Breast Center and Tessa Cigler, M.D., are highlighted for their use of the innovative cold cap treatment to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy. Read more

2015 Mar 09

Researchers sequence genome of Classical Hodgkin's lymphoma cells

A team of researchers led by Ethel Cesarman has sequenced the genome of Classical Hodgkin lymphoma, illuminating exactly which proteins are altered in individual patients. Read more

2015 Mar 09

A Different Prescription: Seeking Progress in Women’s Cancers

Meyer Cancer Center director Lewis Cantley discusses progress and treatments for women's cancers. Read more

2015 Mar 05

DNA safeguard may be key in cancer treatment

Ithaca members Marcus Smolka and Haiyuan Yu have developed a new technique to understand the actions of key proteins required for cancer cells to proliferate. Read more

2015 Mar 05

Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus joins Meyer Cancer Center

Harold Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and co-winner of the Nobel Prize, will join Weill Cornell Medical College as the Lewis Thomas University Professor of Medicine, effective April 1 Read more

2015 Mar 04

Meyer Cancer Center welcomes renowned radiation oncologist Silvia Formenti

Silvia C. Formenti, M.D., will join the Meyer Cancer Center as Associate Director of Radiation Oncology. Read more

2015 Mar 03

Most commonly used treatment for prostate cancer is radiotherapy

New Meyer Cancer Center member Jim C. Hu analyzes treatment options for prostate cancer in this JAMA Oncology study. Read more

2015 Mar 02

Tackling tumors with both brain and brawn

The Meyer Cancer Center’s new associate director of translational research, Howard Fine, will be founding director of a new Brain Tumor Center. Read more

2015 Mar 02

Weill research highlighted at #GU15 conference

The research of several Meyer Cancer Center members was highlighted at the recent ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Read more

2015 Mar 02

Bartlett family honors Dr. Manish Shah

A $1 million gift from the family of the late Robert Bartlett, D.M.D.,will establish the Bartlett Family Associate Professorship in Gastrointestinal Oncology. Read more

2015 Feb 19

Fighting the War on Cancer

To really stand a chance against cancer, we should focus on more interdisciplinary collaboration, writes biomedical engineer Claudia Fischbach in this guest piece. Read more

2015 Feb 19

Communication networks discovered between tumors and surrounding microenvironment

A research team led by Vivek Mittal has identified complex communication networks between tumors and surrounding blood vessels, immune cells, connective tissue cells and structural cells. Read more

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Dr. Lewis Cantley Honored With the 2015 AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship

Lewis Cantley wins prestigious international award

Private donors step up to save medical research

Surgeon receives National Physician of the Year Award

Immunotherapy in genitourinary cancers

Cancer prevention grant provides boost for blood test research

Agents Targeted Against PSMA for Prostate Cancer

Inhibiting the PI3K Pathway

Keeping your hair in chemo

Researchers sequence genome of Classical Hodgkin's lymphoma cells

A Different Prescription: Seeking Progress in Women’s Cancers

DNA safeguard may be key in cancer treatment

Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus joins Meyer Cancer Center

Meyer Cancer Center welcomes renowned radiation oncologist Silvia Formenti

Most commonly used treatment for prostate cancer is radiotherapy

Tackling tumors with both brain and brawn

Weill research highlighted at #GU15 conference

Bartlett family honors Dr. Manish Shah

Fighting the War on Cancer

Communication networks discovered between tumors and surrounding microenvironment

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