- Three studies, from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Texas, verify that cancer stem cells drive tumor growth.
- Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill which requires doctors to inform women who have dense breast tissue that could interfere with a mammogram’s ability to detect cancer.
- Dr. Getz, Director of Cancer Genome Computational Analysis at MIT and Harvard, discusses the technologies that have made cancer genome analysis possible.
- Dr. Walter Willett, Chair of Nutrition at Harvard, talks about diet and cancer prevention.