- Monica Morrow, Chief of MSKCC’s Breast Service in the Department of Surgery, is the lead author of a study published in The Lancet that shows that MRI screening does not lead to improved outcomes for most women with breast cancer who undergo imaging prior to selecting a treatment.
- Nature reports that researchers at MSKCC have identified a previously unknown mechanism of resistance to the newly approved melanoma drug, vemurafenib, an oral targeted therapy used to treat advanced melanoma whose tumors contain a mutation in a gene called BRAF.
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Do You Know… About Food Safety (Poultry)?
Used with permission from Microsoft
There’s a lot to know when it comes to the safe preparation of raw food, particularly poultry. Check out these fact sheets, brought to you by the USDA, for safe handling of your turkey this year:
Cancer Research News: November 9 – November 22
- Cornell researchers have found a possible way to inhibit growth of lethal neuroendocrine prostate cancers.
- FDA revokes approval of Avastin for breast cancer.
- Emerging evidence reveals the link between obesity and cancer.
- Epigenetic Therapy Shows Promise in recurrent metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.