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Mount Sinai Launches Clinic to Help Breast Cancer Patients in Need of Legal Services

November 17, 2023

The Mount Sinai Medical Legal Partnership, which provides legal aid to Mount Sinai Health System patients in need, has launched a clinic to help breast cancer patients navigate legal issues that arise due to their diagnoses.

Learning the Language of Cells to Beat Cancer

November 12, 2023

Andrew L. Ji, MD, is working to better understand cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma —a skin cancer that is the second most common cancer in the United States and one that causes substantial morbidity, with a considerable risk for metastatic spread and death.

Mount Sinai Researchers Receive $7 Million to Improve Outcomes for High-risk Blood Cancer Patients From the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

November 06, 2023

The Mount Sinai Health System has received a $7 million grant from the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation for a three-year project that aims to fast-track novel translational concepts to improve outcomes for people with high risk myeloma, the second most common blood cancer in the United States.

Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, Elected to the National Academy of Medicine for Seminal Work in Immunology and Cell Biology

November 04, 2023

Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, an esteemed immunologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of her pioneering contributions to the fields of immunology and cell biology.

Dr Mascarenhas on the Goals of the Phase 1/2 KRT-232-109 Study in Myelofibrosis

August 21, 2023

John Mascarenhas, MD, discusses the goals of the phase 1/2 KRT-232-109 study evaluating the addition of the first-in-class MDM2 inhibitor navtemadlin to ruxolitinib in patients with primary or secondary myelofibrosis and highlights the eligibility criteria of this trial.

Dr Mascarenhas on the Rationale for the KRT-232-109 Study in Secondary Myelofibrosis

August 17, 2023

John Mascarenhas, MD, discusses the rationale for adding the first-in-class MDM2 inhibitor navtemadlin to ruxolitinib in patients receiving treatment for primary or secondary myelofibrosis who have previously had suboptimal responses with ruxolitinib.

Dr Doroshow on RET Inhibitors in RET Fusion+ NSCLC

August 04, 2023

Deborah B. Doroshow, MD, PhD, discusses the similarities and differences between the efficacy and safety profiles of pralsetinib and selpercatinib in patients with non–small cell lung cancer harboring RET fusions.

Rusfertide Improves Efficacy Vs Placebo in Phlebotomy-Dependent Polycythemia Vera

July 31, 2023

Marina Kremyanskaya, MD, PhD, details the outcomes of the phase 2 trial, expands on the potential implications for rusfertide in the treatment of patients with PV, and detailed the next steps for investigating the agent in this patient population.

Up-front Testing Is Imperative for Treatment Decisions in RET+ NSCLC

July 29, 2023

Deborah B. Doroshow, MD, PhD, discusses the efficacy and toxicity profiles of pralsetinib and selpercatinib and how they influence treatment selection for patients with RET fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer, and provides insight on several areas of ongoing or potential research in lung cancer.

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