Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors Meet: Jennifer Defazio Research Focus: Medicine; Associate Attending Immuno-oncologyDupilumab for bullous pemphigoid related to immune checkpoint inhibitors: A retrospective case series synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #ImmunoOncology #Dupilumab

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors Meet: Nicholas Alexander Pickersgill Research Focus: Graduate Staff; Fellow Diagnostic accuracy of biparametric vs. multiparametric MRI for clinically significant prostate cancer synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #ProstateCancerMRI #RadiologyResearch

Synapse: Our MSK Authors Meet: Aron Peter Bercz Research Focus: SKI Surgery The value of MRI and flexible sigmoidoscopy in detecting tumor regrowth in watch and wait rectal cancer patients undergoing active surveillance after total neoadjuvant therapy synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/peop... #RectalCancer

Projected Cancer Screening and Outcomes Under the 2025 Federal Medicaid Eligibility Restrictions jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #Medicaid2025 #CancerCarePolicy #AccessToScreening #MedicaidCoverageMatters

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors Meet: Doori Rose Research Focus: Medical Physics; Senior Machine Learning Engineer Large language model trained on clinical oncology data predicts cancer progression synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #AIInOncology #CancerAI #PrecisionOncologyAI

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors Meet: Yiming Gao Research Focus: Medical Physics; Assistant Attending Next-generation nonstop gated CBCT for respiratory gating lung radiotherapy: Scan time and imaging dose synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #CBCT #RespiratoryGating #LungRadiotherapy

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors 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 synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work...

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. nature.com/articles/d41... #CancerRecurrence #DormantTumorCells #CancerResearch #Metastasis #FutureOfCancerCare

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

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) synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #ScientificResearch #MolecularInsights

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

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 synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #OncologyResearch

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 synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #PersonalizedMedicine #TargetedTherapy

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 synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work...

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 synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #BreastCancerSurgery #ChestWallResection #ReconstructionOutcomes

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Patrick R. Samedy Research Focus: Quality of Care Initiative; Director, Quality & Safety Systems & Analytics Responsible Artificial Intelligence governance in oncology synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #ResponsibleAI #AIGovernance #EthicalAI

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🎄

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 synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #ProstateCancer

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 synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #CancerCare #PatientAccess #ClinicalNotes

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Matthew Wierzbicki Research Focus: Graduate Staff; Medical Student Multidisciplinary review outperforms qualitative MR perfusion in distinguishing post-radiation brain metastasis recurrence versus radionecrosis synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work...

academic.oup.com/conphys/article/13/1/coaf085/8379808 #PeerReview #AcademicPublishing #ScholarlyCommunication #ResearchIntegrity #ScientificWriting #ReviewerTips #OpenScience

#MusicAndTheBrain #Neuroscienc #BrainHealth #WellBeing

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Chhavi Kumar Research Focus: Medicine; Attending Responsible Artificial Intelligence governance in oncology synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #ResponsibleAI #AIGovernance #Oncology #EthicalAI #CancerCare #HealthPolicy #ClinicalAI

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #GenerativeAI #HealthIT #EHR #DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare #HealthcareInnovation #HealthTech #ClinicalInformatics

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 synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #RadiationOncology

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 synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work...

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Michael Forman Berger Research Focus: Laboratory Medicine; Chief Attending AI cancer driver mutation predictions are valid in real-world data #AICancerResearch #CancerGenomics #DriverMutations #RealWorldData #PrecisionOncology #AIInMedicine

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

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 synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #RadiationOncology #InpatientCare #ClinicalOutcomes

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.

AI reviewers are here — we are not ready Artificial intelligence promises rapid and polite feedback on papers — but we must first review the reviewer. nature.com/articles/d41... #AIReviewers #WeAreNotReady #FutureOfPeerReview #AIEthics #ScholarlyPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicAI

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Jonathan Agner Forsberg Research Focus: Surgery; Attending Does transhumeral osseointegration after amputation improve patient-reported outcomes and prosthesis use? synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #Osseointegration #TranshumeralAmputation

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Kelsey E. Breen Research Focus: Medicine; Lead Genetic Counselor Paired tumor-normal sequencing provides insights into the CDKN2A-associated tumor spectrum #AcuteMyeloidLeukemia #AML #Cytarabine synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work...

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Martin Stuart Tallman Research Focus: Medicine; NE Retired Faculty Outpatient cytarabine consolidation in acute myeloid leukemia safely reduces hospitalization time and treatment costs #AcuteMyeloidLeukemia #AML synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work...

Coming Soon–MSK’s EndNote is updating to EndNote 2025. It’s a light upgrade, no big workflow changes, but now includes new gen AI features. Reviewed by AIGC + listed in the MSK AI Registry. Please see the link below for additional information. library.mskcc.org/blog/2025/12...

It's Giving Tuesday!!! Today, we celebrate the power of generosity and community. Please support the work that empowers patients, caregivers, and staff to learn, discover, and thrive while most important focusing on our mission to save lives. giving.mskcc.org #MSKLibrary #GivingTuesday #Support

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Alison Michele Schram @aschramm.bsky.social Research Focus: Medicine; Associate Attending PYNNACLE phase II clinical trial protocol: Rezatapopt (PC14586) monotherapy in advanced or metastatic solid tumors synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work...

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Kristen Victor Research Focus: SKI Pediatrics; Senior Research Technician Recirculating regulatory T cells mediate thymic regeneration through amphiregulin following damage synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #Tregs #Thymus #ImmuneRepair #TCell

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Dr. Charles Rudin Research Focus: Corporate; Deputy Director, Cancer Center IDeate-Lung02: A phase 3 study of second-line ifinatamab deruxtecan in patients with relapsed small cell lung cancer synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #LungCancer

The @FDA has fully approved tarlatamab (Imdelltra®), a targeted immunotherapy for adults with advanced small cell #lungcancer (#SCLC) that has progressed after platinum-based chemo. The approval is based on an international phase 3 trial led by MSK’s Dr. Charles Rudin. Learn more: bit.ly/44vKjYm

nytimes.com/2025/11/19/well/lung-cancer-screening-study.html #CancerAwareness #EarlyDetectionSavesLives #GetScreened #CancerPrevention #CloseTheGap #IncreaseScreening #HealthAwareness #PatientAdvocacy #PolicyChange

Synapse: Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Colette Ngozi Owens Research Focus: Medicine; Asst Attending Outcomes of T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B-cell lymphoma treated with higher-intensity therapy in the rituximab era: Insights from a retrospective analysis synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work...

www.the-scientist.com/how-english-... #GlobalScience #ScientificEquity #ResearchMetrics #ScienceMetrics #GlobalResearch #KnowledgeEquity #InclusiveScience #SciencePolicy #RethinkingMetrics #ScienceWithoutBorders #ResearchAssessment

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Mark Awad Research Focus: Medicine; Chief, Assoc Attend Distinct clinicogenomic features and immunotherapy associations in pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma: A multicenter retrospective study synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #CancerResearch

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Molly Parsons Hogan Research Focus: Radiology; Assistant Attending Adaptive beast MRI scanning using AI synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #AdaptiveMRI #BreastMRI #AIMedicalImaging #AIinRadiology #BreastCancerScreening #Radiology #AI

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Jose Ricardo Otazo Torres Research Focus: Medical Physics; Vice Chairman Attending High-definition motion-resolved MRI using 3D radial kooshball acquisition and deep learning spatial-temporal 4D reconstruction synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work...

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Somer Abdelfattah Research Focus: SKI Medicine; Senior Research Technician Induction of a mismatch repair deficient genotype by tailored chemical mutagenesis in experimental models of cancer synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #MismatchRepair

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Azeez Farooki Research Focus: Medicine; Attending Bone health in cancer: Perspective on the use of osteoanabolic agents synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #BoneHealth #CancerResearch #Oncology #CancerCare #SupportiveCare

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Shahiba Q Ogilvie Research Focus: SKI Neurosurgery; Lead Program Manager Prospective characterization of germline variants in patients with gliomas and glioneuronal tumors synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #Glioma #GlioneuronalTumors

Synapse: Your Connection to our MSK Authors. Meet: Stuart Lichtman Research Focus: Medicine; NE Retired Faculty Germline landscape of high grade serous ovarian cancer across age groups: Is age just a number? synapse.mskcc.org/synapse/work... #OvarianCancer #CancerResearch