News

2015 Sep 28

Free to Breathe

Lung cancer advocates and survivors participating in a Lung Cancer Action Summit came to Weill to tour research labs. Read more

2015 Sep 25

Sequencing in Space

Christopher Mason, Ph.D, discusses DIY genomics, sequencing in space and swabbing the subways in science podcast Read more

2015 Sep 25

Laurie Glimcher wins Beering Award

Dean Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D., has won the Steven C. Beering Award from the Indiana University School of Medicine. Read more

2015 Sep 21

A $3m boost to help identify lung cancer therapy targets

Vivek Mittal and others from Weill Cornell and Houston Methodist and Weill Cornell received a multi-million dollar grant to support their tumor microenviroment and crosstalk studies. Read more

2015 Sep 18

Missing the soil for the seeds in cancer research

Claudia Fischbach-Teschl, Ph.D., pens a guest post about the importance of targeting the tumor microenvironment in cancer research and therapy. Read more

2015 Sep 18

Researchers decode role of leading mutated gene in cancer

A team led by Ari Melnick, M.D., has found that a genetic mutation implicated in a common and incurable form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma drives disease development by disrupting the mechanism that manages normal immune cell growth. Read more

2015 Sep 15

Nivolumab over docetaxel for patients with NSCLC

Ashish Saxena, M.D., Ph.D., comments on a study that found nivolumab offers better outcomes than docetaxel for patients with advanced squamous-cell non-small cell lung cancer. Read more

2015 Sep 15

Active surveillance may be underused for men with localized prostate cancer

Watchful waiting or active treatment? Jim Hu, M.D., has studied surveillance strategies among patients diagnosed with localized prostate cancer. Read more

Leaders of the Englander Institute of Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College

2015 Sep 10

Gift Names Caryl and Israel Englander Institute for Precision Medicine

A gift from the Englander family will expand the Institute of Precision Medicine, including additional areas of oncology such as melanoma. Read more

2015 Sep 02

Give a liver, save a life

Profile of the new chief of liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery, Benjamin Samstein, M.D. Read more

2015 Sep 01

Hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk

Tessa Cigler, M.D., writes a commentary on recent research into breast cancer risk associated with hormone replacement therapy. Read more

2015 Aug 31

The promise and roadblocks of mobile app technology

Heather Yeo, M.D., writes a guest blog post about areas where mobile technologies have the potential to benefit patients and physicians. Read more

2015 Aug 26

Noncoding RNAs: A Cache of Cancer Clues?

Studies into the role of estrogen receptors in prostate cancer by Dimple Chakravarty and colleagues are highlighted in an article about noncoding RNAs. Read more

2015 Aug 25

Already too late to stop costly radiotherapy and surgery technologies?

Jim Hu, M.D., discusses the need to assess functional and survival outcomes of robotic surgery among prostate cancer patients. Read more

2015 Aug 19

Stiffer breast tissue in obese women promotes tumors

A study by Claudia Fischbach, Andrew Dannenberg and others has found that obesity changes the consistency of breast tissue in ways that are similar to tumors, thereby promoting disease. Read more