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By Memorial Sloan-Kettering | Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Watch urologic surgeon Karim Touijer discuss our comprehensive approach to cancer care and recent advances in minimally invasive surgery.

Tags: Adult Cancer Care; Cancer Care; Bladder Cancer; Surgery; Kidney Cancer; Prostate Cancer

Perspective

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Experts Maintain That PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer Saves Lives

By Memorial Sloan-Kettering | Friday, June 1, 2012

Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s prostate cancer team — including Howard I. Scher, Chief of the Genitourinary Oncology Service — disagrees with new PSA screening recommendations released by government task force.

Tags: Cancer Care; PSA Testing; Screening; Prostate Cancer

Video

Meet Urologic Surgeon Jonathan Coleman

By Memorial Sloan-Kettering | Monday, May 14, 2012

Dr. Coleman, who specializes in treating prostate and kidney cancers, talks about how minimally invasive surgical techniques reduce recovery time and pain, as well as improve quality of life for patients.

Tags: Cancer Care; Surgery; Kidney Cancer; Prostate Cancer

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Meet Prostate Cancer Surgeon James Eastham

By Memorial Sloan-Kettering | Monday, April 16, 2012

James Eastham, Chief of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Urology Service, talks about how our prostate cancer experts collaborate to maximize the likelihood of curing the cancer and limiting the side effects of treatment.

Tags: Cancer Care; Surgery; Prostate Cancer

Pictured: American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2012

Announcement

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Discoveries in Personalized Medicine Highlighted at Major Cancer Research Meeting; Investigators Honored

By Media Staff | Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the world’s oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research, held its 2012 annual meeting in Chicago.

Tags: Cancer Care; Research; Personalized Medicine; Brain Tumors; Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia; Prostate Cancer

In the News

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Made Major Contributions to Cancer Advances in 2011

By Julie Grisham, MS, Science Writer/Editor | Monday, February 6, 2012

Two of the year’s top five cancer research advances cited by the American Society of Clinical Oncology were led by Memorial Sloan-Kettering investigators.

Tags: Cancer Care; Research; Personalized Medicine; Targeted Therapy; Melanoma; Ovarian Cancer; Prostate Cancer

Pictured: Charles Sawyers & Howard Scher

In the News

New Medical Strides against Prostate Cancer

By Media Staff | Friday, February 3, 2012

The success of an experimental prostate cancer treatment is an example of how academic research centers are playing a larger role in drug development, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Tags: Research; Drug Discovery; Targeted Therapy; Prostate Cancer

Patient Story

Read Michael’s Story about Prostate Cancer Surgery

By Memorial Sloan-Kettering | 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.

Tags: Cancer Care; Medical Technology; Surgery; Prostate Cancer

In the Clinic

Bone Scan Index May Help Determine Response to Prostate Cancer Treatment

By Media Staff | Friday, January 13, 2012

Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering have shown the usefulness of a scale called the Bone Scan Index (BSI) for determining whether some prostate cancer patients are responding to therapy.

Tags: Bone Scan; Cancer Care; Clinical Research; Prostate Cancer