2017 Jul 10
Investigating a loss to discover a win for prostate cancer patients
Michael Augello, Ph.D., has received a grant to investigate the role of CHD1 loss in prostate cancer progression. Read more
2017 Jul 08
‘Nurse of the Year’ opened up her home to a cancer patient
Feature honoring oncology nurse Karen Pekle. Read more
2017 Jul 01
When the Doctor Becomes a Patient
A cancer diagnosis helped Lisa Roth, M.D., look at healing in a whole new way Read more
2017 Jun 30
Convection-enhanced delivery appears safe in pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
Mark Souweidane, M.D., reports on his unique drug delivery system to treat the rare pediatric brain tumor DIPG. Read more
2017 Jun 28
Weill Cornell uses HL7 to help integrate structured genomic data into Epic EHR
Moving beyond the PDF, Weill Cornell Medicine enables precision medical records for advanced oncology. Read more
2017 Jun 26
Enzyme key to triggering anti-cancer immune response
An enzyme implicated in autoimmune diseases and viral infections also regulates radiation therapy’s ability to trigger an immune response against cancer, according to Sandra Demaria and colleagues. Read more
2017 Jun 22
Expert sheds light on lesser-known T-cell lymphoma subtypes
Adult T-cell lymphoma/leukemia (ATLL), a rare subtype of peripheral T-cell lymphoma, presents very differently and can be more prevalent in certain worldwide demographics compared with others, explains Adrienne A. Phillips, M.D. Read more
2017 Jun 22
A parting shot at cancer
Postmortem tissue donation through the precision medicine program is helping to advance cancer research in unprecedented ways. Read more
2017 Jun 21
Enzyme Regulates the Ability of Radiation Therapy to Activate Anti-Tumor Immunity
An enzyme implicated in autoimmune diseases and viral infections also regulates radiation therapy’s ability to trigger an immune response against cancer, Weill Cornell Medicine scientists found in a new study. Their... Read more
2017 Jun 21
Could a blood test predict how cancer spreads in children?
David Lyden, M.D., Ph.D., discusses his work trying to isolate tumor exosomes as predictors of metastasis. Read more
2017 Jun 21
Injections of cash for young blood cancer researchers
Four young scientists have received fellowships to pursue lymphoma and leukemia research. Read more
2017 Jun 20
Ovarian Cancer: Overcoming Obstacles to Immunotherapy
Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz, Ph.D., and Eloise Chapman-Davis, M.D., discuss the latest treatments for ovarian cancer. Read more
2017 Jun 20
Global trends in gastroesophageal cancers
Manish Shah, M.D., joins a group of international experts in gastroesophageal cancers for a discussion about global trends in gastric cancers. Read more
2017 Jun 20
Chomping at the bit: Harnessing autophagy to kill cancer
Lorenzo Galluzzi, Ph.D, is investigating the unrealized potential of autophagy modulation for cancer therapy. Read more
2017 Jun 19
Evidence builds for scalp cooling
Two-thirds of patients who underwent scalp cooling treatment during breast cancer chemotherapy retained their hair, according to a study by Tessa Cigler, M.D. Read more
2017 Jun 19
Researchers develop first-ever human tissue platform to test drugs for colon cancer
The first-ever “disease in a Petri dish” platform that models human colon cancer derived from stem cells has been developed by a team led by Todd Evans and Shuibing Chen. Read more
2017 Jun 15
Novel Regimens Explored for Rare DLBCL Subtypes
Sarah Rutherford, M.D., discusses therapy for double-hit and double-protein expressor lymphomas. Read more
2017 Jun 14
How mixed reality is transforming collaborative cancer research
Computational biologist Alex Sigaras explains how Weill Cornell Medicine is using virtual and "mixed" reality to enhance cancer research. Read more
2017 Jun 09
‘How long have I got?’: Why many cancer patients don’t have answers
Holly Prigerson and Ronald Adelman discuss the importance of honest and frank communication between oncologists and their patients. Read more
2017 Jun 09
Meyer experts weigh in on ASCO17 findings
Physician-scientists from the Meyer Cancer Center were the go-to experts when it came to commenting on several studies presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2017 Annual Meeting in Chicago. Read more
