News

2017 Aug 02

Collaborative Research Initiative announces inaugural award winners

Four interdisciplinary teams of physicians and scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine have been announced as recipients of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center's inaugural Collaborative Research Initiative pilot project grants. Read more

2017 Jul 31

Driving discovery: Two teams uncover new player in prostate cancer formation

Scientists at the Meyer Cancer Center and Englander Institute have identified ERF as a prostate cancer tumor suppressor gene. Read more

2017 Jul 30

It doesn’t take a warrior to beat cancer. It takes a treatment that works.

Your response to treatment is a biological one, not a psychological one, asserts neurosurgeon Rohan Ramakrishna, M.D. Read more

2017 Jul 28

Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Evaluating the Treatment Landscape

Peter Martin, M.D., reviews the standards of care for mantle cell lymphoma. Read more

2017 Jul 21

Imielinski wins award from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Marcin Imielinski, M.D., Ph.D., has received $495,000 to investigate a potential class of genetic changes that may be driving cancer. Read more

2017 Jul 21

Dr. Bishoy Faltas wins prestigious grant from the Department of Defense

Bishoy Faltas, M.D., has been awarded a Career Development Award from the Department of Defense to investigate the biology of a family of proteins thought to drive resistance to chemotherapy in the advanced stages of bladder cancer. Read more

2017 Jul 20

McCain may benefit from glioblastoma treatment advances

Howard Fine, M.D., discusses how molecular tumor analysis is changing the landscape for brain cancer treatment. Read more

2017 Jul 11

Tackling depression and intimacy issues in patients with MPNs

Nurse Sandra Allen-Bard discusses ways in which she counsels and collects information about her patients more intimate symptoms. Read more

2017 Jul 11

‘Fusion genes’ drive formation and growth of colorectal cancer

Genetic mutations caused by rearranged chromosomes drive the development and growth of certain colorectal cancers, according to new research conducted by Lukas Dow, Ph.D. Read more

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

Cancer immunologist Sandra Demaria, M.D., of the Meyer Cancer Center, is using radiation to transform tumors into personalized vaccines

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