- On February 16, Healthcare Design magazine offered a “first look” at MSK’s new fifteen-floor Josie Robertson Surgery Center building (designed by Perkins Eastman) currently being built in New York and scheduled to open in 2016. The article highlights the work of Icrave, the studio providing “experiential design and programming for the building”.
- On February 4, the Business Insider described how IBM’s Watson computer system (that famously won Jeopardy!) is proving valuable to doctors. For cancer, MSK has helped IBM develop Watson for Oncology, a platform that helps physicians narrow down what is clinically relevant from mounds of patient data.
- In a February 16 article in The Journal News, Dr. Chau Dang, chief of medical oncology at MSKCC’s new treatment center in West Harrison, provided insights into the promise of immunotherapy for fighting cancer.
- On February 5, HCPLive highlighted a recent publication in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by MSK’s Dr. William Breitbart and his colleagues . Their randomized controlled study showed that Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy (MCGP) is effective at reducing psychological and spiritual distress in patients with advanced cancer.