Here are a few highlights of cancer research news that have recently caught my attention:

• The Wall Street Journal’s Simon Constable recently sat down with MSK’s CEO Dr. Craig Thompson to discuss improvements in cancer research and cancer care and future trends that include precision medicine:
• The NIH named Dr. Eliseo Perez-Stable director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Dr. Perez-Stable received his medical degree from the University of Miami and completed his residency at the University of California, San Francisco.
• A recent study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, found that there are racial disparities in male breast cancer outcomes. The study identified 725 black males and 5,247 white males diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. While the treatments were very similar, the outcomes were different depending on age and access to health insurance.

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