Profile of Babacar Cisse, M.D., Ph.D., a new assistant professor of neurosurgery who came to America with $26 in his pocket and achieved his dream of becoming a doctor. Read more
John P. Leonard, M.D., professor of medicine, discusses some of the exciting advancements taking place in the field of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). Read more
Gail Roboz, M.D., discusses the challenges clinicians are facing with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Read more
Richard R. Furman, M.D., discusses second-generation BTK inhibitors, such as acalabrutinib and BGB-3111 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Read more
Clinical trials in patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) mandate that patients undergo bone marrow biopsies (BMBs) at baseline and at subsequent points following treatment in order to monitor response, but the biopsies are unnecessary in most patients, argues Sarah Rutherford, M.D., and colleagues. Read more
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
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