- MSKCC’s Dr. Larry Norton was quoted in a U.S. News & World Report article about the resulting debate that occurred after a panel of experts writing in the July 29 online edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association expressed that widespread cancer screening programs turn up too many growths that would not progress to a lethal stage and are considered “indolent.”
- Visceral pleural invasion (VPI) significantly increases the risk for recurrence and reduces overall survival (OS) in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), reported MSKCC’s Prasad Adusumilli and co-authors in a June 2013 article published in Chest.
- The RBC Decathlon benefiting MSKCC, visited the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square.
Pivot: Resource for Funding Opportunities and Research Collaboration
Pivot is a unique website which combines a database of global funding opportunities with a database of scholar profiles from worldwide organizations, which allows identification of research expertise. Through Pivot researchers can share funding opportunities and weekly alerts can be established on new funding opportunities for saved searches. Learn more about Pivot by watching this video which runs under 5 minutes.
Do You Know? What Happened “Today in History”
Today in History, from The Library of Congress, American Memory provides open access through the Web to a piece of history that took place on the date in question. Site visitors have access to the written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience with the option to search this content. Search terms such as “medicine” or “scientific discovery” yield interesting results worth investigating. These materials are not only from The Library of Congress but from other participating institutions.
If you are curious in what happened “Today in History”, why not explore this educational website which chronicles historical events, people, and places.