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Meet: Kristine Peregrino Lacuna
Research Focus: Medicine; Assistant Attending L1

Clinical and pathologic landscapes of delta-like ligand 3 and seizure-related homolog protein 6 expression in neuroendocrine carcinomas
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January 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM

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Why cancer can come back years later — and how to stop it...
Researchers are targeting dormant tumour cells that might explain why some cancers reappear long after successful treatment.

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#CancerRecurrence #DormantTumorCells #CancerResearch #Metastasis #FutureOfCancerCare

Why cancer can come back years later — and how to stop it

Researchers are targeting dormant tumour cells that might explain why some cancers reappear long after successful treatment.

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January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM

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Congratulations to MSK’s most recent Awards & Appointments honorees! Your leadership, innovation, and dedication continue to advance science, medicine, and patient care at MSK.

#MSKProud #LeadershipInMedicine #AcademicMedicine #CancerResearch #PhysicianLeaders #ResearchExcellence #TheMSKWay

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @mskcancercenter.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats to MSK's most recent Awards & Appointments honorees, including @drvickersmsk.bsky.social for being named “61 CEO Influencers to Know” by Becker's Hospital Review, Dr. Jason Lewis for being elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, and more: www.mskcc.org/news-release...

January 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM

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Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors
Meet: Richard Kevin Hite
Research Focus: Structural Biology; Associate Member

Structural basis of ClC-3 transporter inhibition by TMEM9 and PtdIns(3,5)P(2)
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#ScientificResearch #MolecularInsights

January 5, 2026 at 6:48 PM

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As 2025 comes to a close, the MSK Library wishes you a safe and happy New Year! Our offices will be closed Thursday, Jan 1, and reopen Friday, Jan 2. May 2026 bring love, learning, growth, faith, and hope. Cheers to a bright New Year!
#MSKLibrary #HappyNewYear #SpreadLove #Wellness #Healing #Hope

December 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM

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Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors.
Meet: Karmelina Charalambous
Research Focus: Collaborative Research Centers - PIC Directed; Computational Biologist II

Phase II study of rucaparib and nivolumab in patients with leiomyosarcoma
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#OncologyResearch

December 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM

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Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors.
Meet: William Douglas Tap
Research Focus: Medicine; Chief Attending

Spectrum and clinical impact of secondary genetic alterations in translocation-associated sarcomas
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#PersonalizedMedicine #TargetedTherapy

December 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM

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Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors.
Meet: Shreya Ghosh
Research Focus: Molecular Biology; Senior Research Scientist

Desthiobiotin (DTB)-modified and TAMRA-modified 2′′OMeNAD(+) are RNA 2'-phosphotransferase (Tpt1) poisons that enable affinity-tagging
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December 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM

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Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors.
Meet: Smita Sihag
Research Focus: Surgery; Assistant Attending

Short- and long-term outcomes of chest wall resection and reconstruction for breast cancer
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#BreastCancerSurgery #ChestWallResection #ReconstructionOutcomes

December 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM

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Meet: Patrick R. Samedy
Research Focus: Quality of Care Initiative; Director, Quality & Safety Systems & Analytics

Responsible Artificial Intelligence governance in oncology
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#ResponsibleAI #AIGovernance #EthicalAI

December 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM

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Happy Holidays from the MSK Library! 🎄
Wishing our community a season filled with warmth, wellness, and gratitude. This year marks the 30th anniversary of MSK’s beloved Holiday Hallway brought to life by our talented Plant Operations colleagues. Enjoy! #THEMSKWAY🎄

December 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM

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Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors.
Meet: Christian Nelson
Research Focus: Psychiatry Service; Chief Attending

The interplay and influence of anxiety and depression among men with early-stage prostate cancer and their close allies

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#ProstateCancer

December 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM

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Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors.
Meet: Allison Nicole Lipitz Snyderman
Research Focus: Biostat/Epidemiology; Associate Attending

Which patients with cancer access their clinical notes? A disparities analysis

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#CancerCare #PatientAccess #ClinicalNotes

December 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM

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Meet: Matthew Wierzbicki
Research Focus: Graduate Staff; Medical Student

Multidisciplinary review outperforms qualitative MR perfusion in distinguishing post-radiation brain metastasis recurrence versus radionecrosis
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December 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM

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Tips and tricks for writing constructive peer reviews

Peer review has been the cornerstone of scientific inquiry for centuries and is considered the backbone of scientific quality and rigour (Spier, 2002). Des

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December 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM

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#MusicAndTheBrain #Neuroscienc #BrainHealth #WellBeing

Cleveland Clinic @clevelandclinic.bsky.social · 21d

Whether you’re quietly listening or actively making music, your brain lights up with reward and emotion centers, weaving together memory, motivation and well‑being. 🎶🎶🎶

December 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM

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Meet: Chhavi Kumar
Research Focus: Medicine; Attending

Responsible Artificial Intelligence governance in oncology
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#ResponsibleAI #AIGovernance #Oncology #EthicalAI #CancerCare #HealthPolicy #ClinicalAI

December 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM

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Uptake of Generative AI Integrated With Electronic Health Records in US Hospitals

This survey study describes the current and planned implementation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in nonfederal acute care US hospitals.

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December 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM

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Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors.
Meet: Jeho Jeong
Research Focus: Medical Physics; Associate Attending

A streamlined workflow for comprehensive 4DCT imaging QA with automated analysis of spatial integrity and image quality
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#RadiationOncology

December 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM

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Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors.
Meet: Kishwer S Nehal
Research Focus: Medicine; Attending

Patient-reported quality of life and esthetic satisfaction continues to improve for 1-year after Mohs surgery: A multicenter prospective cohort study
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December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM

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Meet: Michael Forman Berger
Research Focus: Laboratory Medicine; Chief Attending

AI cancer driver mutation predictions are valid in real-world data

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#DriverMutations #RealWorldData #PrecisionOncology
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December 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM

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Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors.
Meet: Debyani Chakravarty
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Research Focus: AI cancer driver mutation predictions are valid in real-world data
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#AIMutationPrediction #CancerGenomics #RealWorldData #AIDrivenOncology #PrecisionOncology

December 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM

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Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors.
Meet: Puneeth Iyengar
Research Focus: Radiation Oncology; Attending

Impact of a dedicated inpatient radiation oncology consult service on goal-concordant care
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#RadiationOncology #InpatientCare
#ClinicalOutcomes

December 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM

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The Holiday Hallway, which opens today has been a staple of December at MSK since 1993. But did you know that we have celebrated the holidays for many years before then? These pictures from the 1950s show our MSK nursing team putting up festive decorations in various wards of the hospital.