- Researchers from MSKCC reported results of the first clinical trial ever to show that a drug helped patients with advanced uveal melanoma at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Meeting in Chicago.
- MSKCC’s Charles L. Sawyers, MD, was this year’s recipient of the ASCO Science of Oncology Award.
- Carol Aghajanian of MSKCC was quoted in a Bloomberg article about a simple screening program for cervical cancer using vinegar and visual exams.
- Jedd Wolchok of MSKCC is quoted in a Nature article about the possibility of combination approaches expanding the number of cancers that respond to immunotherapy.
- Sotheby’s auctioneer and raconteur Jamie Niven was the guest of honor at a dinner hosted by the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.