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      At Cancer's Leading Edge

      At Cancer's Leading Edge

      The understanding and treatment of cancer is advancing more quickly with every passing year. In this exclusive collection, we demystify the research and breakthroughs that could inform the next generation of therapies.

      • January 14, 2019
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        The Prasad Adusumilli Lab/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

      This series was produced for Memorial Sloan Kettering by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine's board of editors.

      The History of Cancer Therapy, an Interactive Timeline
      Public Health

      The History of Cancer Therapy, an Interactive Timeline

      A look at major advancements in cancer treatments throughout the years, from the first radical mastectomy in 1882 to the immune checkpoint inhibitors and DNA-sequencing tests of the 21st century...

      Faster, clearer PET images offer new views on disease

      Faster, clearer PET images offer new views on disease

      A new deep learning method for generating PET images could significantly improve the way doctors understand cancers and other diseases

      • July 9, 2019 — Julie Grisham
      Starving Cancer Cells Could Help Treat Glioblastoma
      Medical & Biotech

      Starving Cancer Cells Could Help Treat Glioblastoma

      A new study in mice identifies a compound that disrupts the metabolism of certain glioblastoma cells, stopping tumor growth while leaving healthy cells unaffected.

      • May 15, 2019 — Julie Grisham and Matthew Tontonoz

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