Prediction Tool
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Memorial Sloan-Kettering investigators have developed a personalized tool to help women and their doctors predict overall survival at five years after a diagnosis of uterine leiomyosarcoma.
Video
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Many cancers that develop in the mouth, nose, throat, and larynx can be cured. Watch this series to learn how our experts collaborate to give patients the best chance of a positive outcome.
Patient Story
Monday, February 20, 2012
When five-year-old CJ Postighone was diagnosed with a rare pediatric cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma, he came to Memorial Sloan-Kettering to receive a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
Q&A
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The director of the Spine Tumor Center explains how this new, high-powered approach to radiation therapy has changed the way spine tumors are treated at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.
Patient Story
Monday, February 13, 2012
Soon after Halina Frydman’s husband noticed changes in his wife's personality, Halina was diagnosed with primary central nervous system lymphoma. She came to Memorial Sloan-Kettering to receive treatment through a clinical trial.
Patient Story
Monday, January 30, 2012
While a diagnosis of cervical cancer once required a hysterectomy, a procedure called a radical trachelectomy eliminated Stephanie Luedke’s cancer and preserved her ability to bear a child.
Prediction Tool
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Our ovarian cancer nomogram is a personalized tool that can help you and your doctor make important treatment decisions after surgery.
Patient Story
Thursday, January 19, 2012
When actor Michael Quinlan was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he came to Memorial Sloan-Kettering to learn about treatment options from our multidisciplinary team of experts. After undergoing robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery, he remains cancer-free.
Cancer Guide
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The Spine Tumor Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering provides state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment services for more than 1,500 people with primary or metastatic spine tumors each year.
Video
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Hundreds of high school students and teachers attended our sixth annual Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research seminar to learn about cutting-edge biomedical research and to engage with leading scientists.
Philanthropy
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
As a tribute to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Board member Josephine “Josie” Robertson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering has joined with The Robertson Foundation to undertake two high-profile initiatives — the Josie Robertson Surgery Center and the Josie Robertson Investigators Program — made possible by a $50 million commitment from The Robertson Foundation.
Honor
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Memorial Sloan-Kettering medical oncologist Clifford A. Hudis has been elected President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the world’s leading professional organization representing more than 30,000 physicians who care for people with cancer.
Honor
Monday, December 5, 2011
Congratulations to Mark Kris, Chief of the Thoracic Oncology Service, and Ann Culkin, nurse on the Thoracic Oncology Service, for receiving the Wholeness of Life Award 2011 from the HealthCare Chaplaincy.
In Memoriam
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Memorial Sloan-Kettering notes with sadness the death of Lloyd J. Old, who was internationally recognized as one of the founders and standard bearers of the field of tumor immunology.
In Memoriam
Monday, November 14, 2011
Memorial Sloan-Kettering mourns the loss of Evelyn H. Lauder, who was a tireless cancer research advocate and a member of our Board of Overseers.
