Selected articles published in this time period include:

• Sanofi cuts in half the price of a new cancer drug after a leading cancer center said it would not use the drug because it was too expensive (Note: See MSKCC in the News: October 8 – October 19 to read letter in NYT entitled “In Cancer Care, Cost Matters” written by Drs. Peter B. Bach, Leonard B. Saltz, and Robert E. Wittes from MSKCC).
• Prof Nancy Kemeny, Attending Medical Oncologist at MSKCC was in Cork, Ireland recently to present her work on the use of regional chemotherapy to improve survival rates for patients with liver metastases due to colorectal cancer.