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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Experts Discuss Awake Surgery for Brain Tumors

For some patients with brain tumors involving regions of the brain related to speech or movement, surgery is performed while the patient is awake, which can improve the procedure’s safety and effectiveness.

May 6, 2013
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Neuro-oncologist Lisa DeAngelis Elected to Institute of Medicine

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

October 19, 2012
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At Work: Brain Tumor Center Director Eric Holland

Eric Holland, Director of the Brain Tumor Center, is a neurosurgeon and researcher who studies the molecular changes that occur in glioblastoma and other brain tumors.

August 3, 2012
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New Technique for Imaging Brain Tumors Could Allow More Accurate Surgical Removal

Researchers have demonstrated a technique that enables specific and accurate labeling of brain tumor tissue in mice. If proven effective in patients, the method could make complete surgical removal of brain tumors more feasible.

April 25, 2012
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Discoveries in Personalized Medicine Highlighted at Major Cancer Research Meeting; Investigators Honored

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.

April 3, 2012
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Researchers Show Brain Tumors Make Their Own Blood Vessels from Stem Cells

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center researchers have published new findings that may help explain why brain tumors called glioblastomas are so resistant to treatment.

April 1, 2011

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NYC Scientists Unlocking the Brain's Power

Neurosurgeon Eric Holland, MD, PhD, offered his perspective on gliomas and highlighted new research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Brain Tumor Center.

Crain's NY Business
August 22, 2011
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Researchers Discover Genetic Changes That Make Some Forms of Brain Cancer More Aggressive Than Others

A multi-institutional team led by investigators from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has published a study that provides new insight into genetic changes that make some forms of glioblastoma, the most common type of primary brain cancer, more aggressive than others and explains why they may not respond to certain therapies.

October 1, 2010

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