Category Archives: In the News

State of Cancer, Nanoparticles, AYA and More…

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Here are a few newsworthy items in the world of cancer research:

  • The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has just released a report, State of Cancer Care in America 2016, its third annual assessment of national trends in cancer care delivery. You can read the full report in the Journal of Oncology Practice.
  • Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have demonstrated that nanoparticles can target tumors while avoiding healthy tissue in cancer patients. Read more on their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  • JAMA Pediatrics has recently published a narrative review where authors from MacMaster University in Canada examine the current status of cancer in adolescents and young adults (AYA). The article discusses incidence and survival as well as opportunities for progress.
  • New research from Yale, Georgetown and the University of Michigan reveals that differences in smoking habits between African Americans and whites may lead to a disparity in screening for lung cancer. The comparative paper looks at initiation of smoking, cessation and intensity by age from 1890-1990. The results were published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research.

Did You Know… March is National Nutrition Month!

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To celebrate National Nutrition Month, here is a curated list of key library resources (books/eBooks, and journals/eJournals) available to MSK users and related to the fields of nutrition and dietetics. All content listed can be found using the main search box on our website or searching Tri-Cat (our online catalog). Note: if you are not on campus, please first login to the library website using Remote Access to view full, subscribed content in the links below.

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Massagué honored with the 2016 Pezcoller-AACR International Award for Cancer Research

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On Friday, March 4th, Joan Massagué, PhD, Director of Sloan Kettering Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Chair at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, was awarded the 2016 Pezcoller-AACR International Award for Cancer Research. He will be presented with this award in New Orleans at the AACR annual meeting, April 16-20.

Dr. Massagué is being recognized for his discoveries inTGF-β biology, now considered fundamental in the understanding of cellular physiology.

Massagué will present his lecture, “Latent Metastasis,” Sunday, April 17, 5:30 p.m. CT, in New Orleans Theater B of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

“In recognizing the work of my research group, it is reassuring that the Pezcoller Foundation and AACR Award selection committee continue to value basic research for its ability to reveal the basis of clinical problems,” Massagué said.

The Pezcoller-AACR International Award for Cancer Research was established in 1997 and is presented each year to a scientist of international renown who has made a major scientific discovery in basic cancer research or has made major contributions to translational cancer research.