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Finding
New England Journal of Medicine Case Study Reveals New Information about Advanced Melanoma Treatment
Friday, December 7, 2012

Memorial Sloan-Kettering experts add to their knowledge of vemurafenib, a drug recently approved by the FDA to treat some patients with metastatic melanoma.

Cancer Care; Treatment; Melanoma; Research
Feature
Beyond Borders: Cancer Experts Take Their Knowledge and Expertise Overseas
Monday, December 3, 2012

Memorial Sloan-Kettering physicians and nurses take their knowledge and expertise overseas.

Cancer Care; Education & Training
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Video
Meet Gynecologic Cancer Surgeon Carol Brown
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Gynecologic cancer surgeon Dr. Brown discusses how doctors and nurses collaborate to care for patients, from diagnosis through lifelong follow-up.

Cancer Care; Surgery; Cervical Cancer; Ovarian Cancer; Uterine Cancer
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Video
Meet Head and Neck Cancer Surgeon Jatin Shah
Monday, November 12, 2012

Dr. Shah, Chief of the Head and Neck Service, discusses how Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s world-renowned head and neck surgeons partner with patients to select the most appropriate treatment plan.

Cancer Care; Surgery; Head & Neck Cancers
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Video
Meet Thoracic Surgeon James Huang
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Dr. Huang discusses how minimally invasive, video-assisted, and robotic surgical techniques improve the treatment of patients with lung, esophageal, and thyroid cancers.

Cancer Care; Surgery; Esophageal Cancer; Lung Cancer; Thyroid Cancer
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Event
Registration Open for Cycle for Survival 2013
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Organizers expect this year to be the most successful yet for this national indoor team cycling event, which raises funds for rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.

Cancer Care; Giving; Research
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Video
Meet Gynecologic Surgeon Nadeem Abu-Rustum
Monday, October 22, 2012

Dr. Abu-Rustum, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Gynecology Service, discusses how the gynecologic cancer care team treats each woman with an individualized approach.

Cancer Care; Surgery; Cervical Cancer; Endometrial Cancer; Ovarian Cancer
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Honor
Neuro-oncologist Lisa DeAngelis Elected to Institute of Medicine
Friday, October 19, 2012

Dr. DeAngelis has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), considered one of the highest honors in the field of health and medicine.

Cancer Care; Brain Tumors; Research
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Q&A
Diagnostic Radiologist Carol Lee Answers Questions about Breast Imaging Methods
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Lee discusses mammography, breast MRI, and breast ultrasound.

Cancer Care; Mammography; Breast Cancer; Screening
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Snapshot
Tunneling Nanotubes Connect Cancer Cells
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Memorial Sloan-Kettering researchers have discovered a way that cancer cells may be able to exchange information by establishing long bridges between cells called tunneling nanotubes.

Cancer Biology; Lung Cancer; Mesothelioma; Research
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Announcement
2011 Annual Report Highlights Treatment and Research Advances at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Our Annual Report features ten of the year’s most important research and clinical advances, the result of work led by physician-scientists and basic-science investigators.

Cancer Care; Research
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Announcement
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Announces Plans to Build a New Outpatient Cancer Treatment Facility in Manhattan
Monday, September 10, 2012

Memorial Sloan-Kettering has announced its intention to build a new, state-of-the-art outpatient cancer treatment facility on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Cancer Care; Patient Care Facilities
Pictured: José Baselga
Announcement
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Announces Appointment of New Physician-in-Chief
Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Internationally recognized physician-scientist José Baselga has been named Physician-in-Chief of Memorial Hospital. He joins Memorial Sloan-Kettering from Massachusetts General Hospital.

Cancer Care; Research
Pictured: Charles Sawyers & Howard Scher
Announcement
Targeted Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer Receives FDA Approval
Friday, August 31, 2012

Enzalutamide, a targeted therapy co-invented by a Memorial Sloan-Kettering investigator, has received FDA approval for the treatment of men with metastatic prostate cancer.

Cancer Care; Targeted Therapy; Treatment; Prostate Cancer; Research
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Announcement
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Debuts Television Commercials
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

We recently launched our first-ever television advertising campaign, which offers a sense of the passion and compassion that defines how we care for people with cancer.

Adult Cancer Care; Cancer Care; Pediatric Cancer Care