New: @MHMedical #AccessMedicine #HemOnc Collection!

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The MSK Library is excited to have recently added the HemOnc Collection from @MHEducation to our collection. This collection offers a novel approach to hematology-oncology reference and research and covers the entire spectrum of hematology-oncology from the basics to specialty-specific content.  Hallmarks of the HemOnc Collection include online editions of current, leading references including Williams Hematology and Harrison’s Hematology and Oncology, custom curriculum tools and helpful diagnostic resources.

The AccessMedicine HemOnc Collection may be found in our Database A-Z list.

New Developments in Ovarian Cancer, Glioblastoma and More…

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

  • Researchers at the University of Iowa are documenting in real time and in 3-D how melanoma cells form tumors. By using 3-D reconstruction software, scientists can demonstrate how breast tissue cancer cells and melanoma form tumors. Findings reported in PLOS One.
  • New technology developed by MIT engineers, can detect tiny ovarian tumors. In mice studies, scientists have been able to detect tumors smaller than 2 millimeters in diameter. For more on this study, see Nature Biomedical Engineering.
  • A phase one study of 11 Glioblastoma patients conducted by researchers at Duke University Medical Center shows promise of immunotherapy when combined with chemotherapy. The patients received an investigational vaccine and the drug temozolomide. Results are published in Clinical Cancer Research.
  • Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center uncover critical pathway by which pancreatic cells turn off the immune system charged with attacking them. Findings appear in Nature Medicine.

 

MSK Clinician Honored at 2017 AACR

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For the past two decades, research has swelled around the idea of liquid biopsies, where information about cancer diagnoses to prognosis and drug responses, can be found from a sample of the patient’s blood. At this year’s American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)  meeting, there were over 130 presentations, posters, and panels on these innovations. But it all likely wouldn’t be without an amazing team of researchers now led by Dr. Luis Diaz. For the past 25 years they have collaborated on research to take liquid biopsies from an idea to reality. They were honored at this year’s AACR where they were awarded the 2017 AACR Team Science Award, which acknowledges the work and importance of interdisciplinary teams in cancer research.