Benefits of Molecular Imaging and More MSK in the News

  • MSK radiologist, Dr. Nancy Lee and Director of MRI, Dr. Oguz Akin, were featured in an April 27 Washington Post article that explained how molecular imaging is a powerful new tool that helps make both the diagnosis and treatment of cancer more targeted.
  • In an April 26 WSJ article, MSK President and CEO Dr. Craig Thompson, explained how despite cancer not yet having been “cured”, recent advances in cancer research and our ever-expanding knowledge of cancer is something to be excited and hopeful about.
  • MSK’s Computational Biology Program Chair, Dr. Chris Sander, was featured in an April 23 article summarizing the keynote address he gave in Boston at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo. Highlighted was the work he does predicting combinations of targeted therapies to avoid the development of a cancer’s resistance to a single drug. Also mentioned was the cBioPortal visualization & analysis tool developed by his team.