Specialty Oncology
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Featured
Revolutionizing Cancer Immunotherapy for Melanoma and Beyond
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital won a Breakthrough Award to enhance personalized approaches to immunotherapy for metastatic melanoma.
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Featured
Lifestyle Medicine Program Offers Care for the Whole Patient
Mass General Cancer Center program focuses on research advances in the role of lifestyle medicine to improve health, well-being, and potentially outcomes for patients with cancer.
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Ultrasound Can Identify Subclinical Musculoskeletal Toxicity of Cancer Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
Massachusetts General Hospital physicians found that among 34 patients with new musculoskeletal symptoms during checkpoint inhibitor therapy, ultrasound identified inflammation in 10 of 14 patients without clinically evident synovitis and in all seven whose synovial fluid cell counts were in the non-inflammatory range.
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Video Visits Equivalent to In-Person Visits for Early Palliative Care of Patients With Advanced Cancer
Jennifer Temel, MD, Joseph Greer, PhD, Vicki Jackson, MD, and colleagues in the REACH PC trial found patients with advanced lung cancer have similar quality of life, mood, coping skills, and understanding of prognosis and treatment goals whether they receive early palliative care via video or in-person visits.
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MRI Enhances Early Detection of Prostate Cancer in Men at High Genetic Risk
Andrew Amini, MD, Keyan Salari, MD, PhD, and team report prostate MRI is a highly sensitive modality for early detection of prostate cancer, particularly clinically significant disease. MRI-based screening resulted in greater net clinical benefit than the traditional strategy of measuring prostate-specific antigen.
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Revealing the Mechanisms of CAR T-Cell Therapy Resistance in Solid Tumors
Physician-scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital use patient-derived tumor models to decode mechanisms of CAR T-cell therapy resistance in solid tumors.
Mass General Cancer Center Contributors
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Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH
Daniel K. Podolsky Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director for Cancer Epidemiology, Mass General Cancer Center, Chief, Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine
Recent Article
Taking Aspirin Associated With Reduction in Colorectal Cancer Among High-Risk Population
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Areej R. El-Jawahri, MD
Co-Director, Cancer Outcomes Research and Education Program, Director, Bone Marrow Transplant Survivorship Program, Mass General Cancer Center, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Enasidenib Safe, Well Tolerated As Maintenance After Stem Cell Transplantation for IDH2-Mutated Myeloid Malignancies
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Chin-Lee Wu, MD, PhD
Director, Genitourinary Pathology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and Mass General Cancer Center, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Multiparametric MRI Is Often False-Negative for Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer
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Keith T. Flaherty, MD
Director of Clinical Research, Mass General Cancer Center, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Program Co-Chair, Keith Flaherty, MD, Recaps Key Highlights From AACR 2024
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Keyan Salari, MD, PhD
Director of Translational Research, Urologic Surgeon, Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Prostate Cancer Genetics Program, Mass General Cancer Center, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
MRI Enhances Early Detection of Prostate Cancer in Men at High Genetic Risk
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Marcela G. del Carmen, MD, MPH
President, Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Gynecologic Oncologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Executive Vice President, Mass General Brigham
Recent Article
Comprehensive Lymphadenectomy Often Not Necessary in Surgical Management of Primary Endometrioid Ovarian Carcinoma
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Marcela V. Maus, MD, PhD
Director, Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Cancer Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Case Series: Intraventricular Infusion of Dual-targeting CAR T-Cells for Glioblastoma
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Nir Hacohen, PhD
Director, MGH Center for Cancer Immunology
Center for Cancer Research , Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Senior Member, Broad InstituteRecent Article
Considering Both Tumor and Immune Features May Improve Prediction of Melanoma Outcomes After Checkpoint Inhibition
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William T. Curry, MD
Co-Director, Mass General Neuroscience , Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Adeline Rose Wydotis Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Review: The Role of Antibody-Based Therapies in Neuro-Oncology
Mass General Cancer Center
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