An assortment of news items worth sharing….

• On September 26, Memorial Sloan Kettering will be co-hosting a conference on Mesothelioma.  The general public as well as health care professionals are welcome. Registration and conference details can be found here.
• From the MSK On Cancer Blog, Sloan Kettering Institute marks its seventy year anniversary.
• A study published recently in JAMA (Sep 3, 2015) linked exposure to Agent Orange to an increased risk of developing a blood disorder which is a precursor to (but does not always develop into) the blood cancer multiple myeleoma. Dr. Ola Landgren, a hematologic oncologist at MSK is the study lead.
• Cancer treatment and age – more factors to consider?  Dr. Stuart Lichtman, Medical Oncologist from MSK shares his comments.
• Dr. Mark Souweidane, has been named chair of the editorial board for The Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics.