A recent study discovered safer ways to improve the treatment of blood cancers and bone marrow transplants. For people with advanced blood cancers, a bone marrow transplant is often the last, best chance at a cure. But the procedure — which involves replacing diseased bone marrow with healthy blood cells from a donor — is…
The AACR Project GENIE is expected to provide insights on cancer mutations in the genetic code. A collaboration among eight leading cancer centers, including MSK, is aiming to take advantage of genomic sequencing of patient tumors to advance the field of precision oncology. On January 5, the group is announcing the release of data on…
Lung cancer requires especially precise radiation treatment, so MSK doctors are testing a GPS-type system to guide radiation. Radiation therapy for lung cancer is challenging, but MSK radiation oncologists are testing a system called Calypso® GPS for the Body that continuously tracks the location of lung tumors at all times. The system causes radiation to automatically…
A drug called Val-boroPro has shown to shrinks tumors in mice. Research reveals it causes an inflammatory form of programmed cell death. A drug called Val-boroPro triggers an immune response against cancer in mice, but until now, researchers didn’t know the mechanism. The laboratory of Daniel Bachovchin at MSK discovered that Val-boroPro blocks two proteins,…