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2020 Feb 10

Most Comprehensive Whole-Genome Cancer Study To Date Catalogs Tumor-Driving Mutations

The scope of the DNA changes that drive cancers has been illuminated as never before in a set of studies by a large international scientific team including Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. In six studies published Feb. 5... Read more

2019 Nov 26

Dr. John Blenis' Lab Finds Alterations in Chromatin Architecture Drive Cancer Metastasis

A change in the protein composition of chromatin—the condensed, packaged form of DNA in the nucleus—boosts the expression of metastasis-related genes; blocking this change appears to stop tumor cells from forming new tumors... Read more

2019 Nov 21

MCC Investigators, led by Dr. Nasser Altorki, Awarded NCI Cancer Moonshot Grant

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a prestigious Cancer Moonshot grant from the National Cancer Institute’s Immuno-Oncology Translational Network (IOTN) to explore the mechanisms that allow slow-growing lung cancer lesions... Read more

Silvia Formenti, M.D., is pioneering the use of radiation for immunotherapy in cancer

2019 Sep 17

Dr. Silvia Formenti Awarded ASTRO Gold Medal for Contributions to Radiation Oncology

Dr. Silvia Formenti , chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology and the Sandra and Edward Meyer Professor of Cancer Research at Weill Cornell Medicine and radiation oncologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill... Read more

2019 Aug 16

Dr. Silvia Formenti Wins Roentgen Prize from Italy’s Accademia dei Lincei

Dr. Silvia Formenti , chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology and the Sandra and Edward Meyer Professor of Cancer Research at Weill Cornell Medicine, and radiation oncologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill... Read more

2019 Jul 30

Dr. Lewis Cantley Awarded Grant from Gray Foundation

Dr. Lewis Cantley , the Meyer Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded a grant from the Gray Foundation to study the genetic mutations that can lead to breast and... Read more

2019 Jun 18

Dr. Gina Lee Honored with 2019 Tri-Institutional Breakout Award

Dr. Gina Lee, a former postdoctoral fellow in the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine who has now joined the institution’s faculty, has won a 2019 Tri-Institutional Breakout Award for Junior... Read more

2019 May 15

Tools to Track the Molecular Evolution of Cancers

A powerful new set of scientific tools developed by Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Genome Center (NYGC) researchers enables them to track the molecular evolution of cancers. The tools should enable a better... Read more

2019 May 10

Patient Ronda Kotelchuck Teamed Up with Dr. Kevin Holcomb to Fight Her Cancer Using Precision Medicine

NewYork-Presbyterian's Health Matters' Amazing Things: Ronda Kotelchuck When Ronda Kotelchuck learned she had an aggressive form of uterine cancer, she was frightened and anxious about the road ahead. Within a week of her... Read more

2019 Apr 19

Vaccine Prevents Growth of Colorectal Tumors Related to Lynch Syndrome in Mice

Steven Lipkin, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Leader of the Meyer Cancer Center's Cancer Genetics, Epigenetics, and Systems Biology Program, reported results of a cancer prevention vaccine at the American Association for Cancer Research... Read more

2019 Mar 21

High-Fructose Corn Syrup Promotes Colon Tumor Growth in Mice

Consuming the equivalent of one can of soda per day caused mice predisposed to colon cancer to develop larger tumors, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. The study ,... Read more

2019 Mar 07

Dr. Manuel Hidalgo Named Chief of the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology

Dr. Manuel Hidalgo, a leading physician-scientist who specializes in pancreatic cancer and drug development, has been named Chief of the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology in the Weill Department of Medicine at... Read more

2019 Feb 27

Dr. Wendy Béguelin selected for American Association for Cancer Research's NextGen Star Program

Early-career scientist Wendy Béguelin, PhD, has been named a NextGen Star by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). The AACR's NextGen Star Program provides an exciting opportunity to increase the visibility of... Read more

2019 Feb 19

Ekta Khurana Receives Irma T. Hirschl/Monique Weill-Caulier Scholar Award

Ekta Khurana, Ph.D. , recently received the Irma T. Hirschl/Monique Weill-Caulier Scholar Award for her project, Using Chromatin Conformation Changes at Single-cell Level to Identify Drivers of Treatment Resistance in... Read more

2019 Jan 29

Dr. Silvia Formenti Awarded Stand Up To Cancer Prize

Dr. Silvia Formenti, the Meyer Cancer Center's Associate Director of Radiation Oncology, and her collaborator Dr. Heather McArthur of Cedars Sinai have been awarded Stand Up To Cancer's 2019 Laura Ziskin Prize in... Read more

2019 Jan 16

Inside NewYork-Presbyterian Profile on Dr. Lisa Newman

I have many fond memories of watching the soap opera General Hospital with my mom after school. The character of Dr. Lesley Webber became a role model for me. She always seemed sharp, focused, and capable no matter how much... Read more

2019 Jan 04

MCC Prostate Cancer Investigators Awarded $1 Million to Study Optimal Use of Radioactive Drugs

This article first appeared on the WCM Newsroom . Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, in collaboration with investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute , have been awarded a three-year, $1 million grant from the U.S... Read more

2018 Dec 26

Drs. Formenti, Demaria, and Galluzzi Awarded Grants from the Department of Defense

The Department of Radiation Oncology has been awarded two grants from the Department of Defense's Breast Cancer Program to study the combination of radiotherapy and immunotherapy in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. A... Read more

Jessica Tyler, epigenetics, genetics, chromatin, cancer

2018 Dec 26

Collaborative Cancer Research Projects Awarded Grants from Starr Cancer Consortium

The full article first appeared on the WCM Newsroom . Seven Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members leading multi-institutional research teams were awarded grants from The Starr Foundation's 12th Starr Cancer Consortium Grant... Read more

Gastrointestinal oncologist Allyson Ocean of the Meyer Cancer Center

2018 Dec 14

An Interventional Approach to Pancreatic Cancer

From the Weill Cornell Medicine Newsroom: Video of An Interventional Approach to Pancreatic Cancer | Steve's Story | Weill Cornell Medicine Being diagnosed with advanced metastatic pancreatic cancer was a grim... Read more