Do You Know – About Book Arts?

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Of course you know that books contain information and that in the case of MSKCC Library they are often in electronic form, but did you know that they can also be works of art?

The Huffington Post is featuring a slide show of intricate works (many with medical themes) by book artist Brian Dettmer, which you can enjoy here.

For more information and book arts classes in the New York area try The Center for Book Arts, Studio on the Square, or Booklyn.

MSKCC in the News: February 23 – March 9

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  • Dr. Moritz Kircher of MSKCC is quoted in an article published by the U.S. News & World Report about the development of a microchip that can be attached to a smart phone and used to diagnose cancerous tumors within an hour.
  • Andrew Vickers of MSKCC, the lead author of a study that concluded that using PSA velocity for prostate cancer detection is ineffective, that it leads to unnecessary biopsies and that references to it should be removed from professional guidelines and policy statements, recently commented in a New York Times article that there is no direct connection between PSA velocity and prostate cancer.
  • In a Time article, Dr. Marc Gollub of MSKCC commented on a study that found that use of virtual colonoscopy, a non-invasive way of scanning the colon for potentially cancerous growths, is on the rise.

Cancer Research News: March 2 – March 15

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