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Share Monday, December 28, 2020 Human metastatic melanoma cells in a lymph node. ENPP1, a protein involved in immune evasion, is shown in green. Summary Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering have learned how chromosomal instability allows cancer cells to avoid immune defenses and metastasize (spread). The discovery opens up potential new avenues for treatment. Cancer cells are known for spreading genetic chaos. As cancer cells divide, DNA segments and even whole chromosomes can be duplicated, mutated, or lost altogether. This is called chromosomal instability, and scie...

Summary Meet Lymphoma Service Chief Gilles Salles, who recently joined MSK after a long career in France. Gilles Salles recently joined Memorial Sloan Kettering as Chief of the Lymphoma Service within the Division of Hematologic Malignancies. Dr. Salles came to MSK after a long career at Claude Bernard University in Lyon, France. In an interview conducted in early December just before the annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting, where he presented updates from several studies he’s conducted, Dr. Salles spoke about his decision to join MSK, his research, and his plans for the Lym...