October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and many local and national companies are donating proceeds to breast cancer research during the month of October. Below are products and companies that have proceeds going directly to breast cancer research at MSK:

• eos Berry Blossom Body Lotion ($6.49) – eos is donating 100% of all October Berry Blossom Body Lotion net profits to MSK
• Kleinfeld Bridal – Kleinfeld is donating 5% of the retail price of every gown over $3,000 to MSK during the month of October
• Bareburger – Bareburger locations across the country are donating $3 to MSK for each sundae sold in October
• Panera Bread – Panera is donating 39 cents from every Pink Ribbon Bagel sold in its Staten Island, Long Island, Brooklyn, and Queens locations to MSK during the month of October

Dr. Monica Morrow, MD, FACS, Chief of the Breast Surgery Service, was awarded the Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Clinical Research by Susan G Komen. This award, established in 1992, recognizes the pioneering efforts in clinical and basic science breast cancer research. Dr. Morrow’s approach of “more is not necessarily better” and putting patients in the drivers seat of treatment decisions has made her instrumental in changing breast cancer surgical practices. The Brinker Award winners will be honored and deliver keynote lectures on December 7 at the thirty-ninth Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
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Pediatric oncologist, Dr. Joannes Zakrzewski, MD, was awarded a $250,000 grant from Hyundai Hope on Wheels to improve care and treatment for kids with cancer. HHOW is presenting 24 recipients throughout the country with a total of $7.5M in 2016 in award grants. This organization has been funding childhood cancer research since 1988 and so far, has awarded $115M for pediatric cancer research. On Tuesday, September 27, the Scholar Grant was presented with a Handprint Ceremony featuring local young cancer patients’ handprints on a canvas.

Dr. Craig Thompson, MD was honored earlier this month by Thomson Reuters as one of their 2016 Citation Laureates in Physiology or Medicine for his work on explaining how CD28 CTLA-4 regulate T cell activation and therefore modulate immune response. Since 2002, Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates have been awarded in the following Nobel categories: Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Economics. “All the researchers have demonstrated themselves, by their contributions and citation records, to be ‘of Nobel class’ and worthy of future Nobel recognition. And many of their Citation Laureates do accomplish that, in the past 14 years 39 of Thomson Reuters selected laureates went on to win that ultimate prize, 9 in the same year that they were named Citation Laureates and 16 within two years. Continue reading →