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Lung Cancer Patients Will Benefit from New Molecular Testing Guideline

A new guideline has established standards for testing lung cancer tumors for genetic abnormalities, giving more patients a chance to benefit from targeted therapies.

April 3, 2013
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Robot-Assisted Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering

Our doctors introduce and apply advanced technologies in minimal-access surgery to benefit patients.

February 25, 2013
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Mark Kris on Partnership with IBM Watson

Medical oncologist Mark Kris discusses how cancer experts are working to train IBM Watson to help assist medical professionals.

February 8, 2013
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Study Reveals Immune Response as Potential Biomarker to Predict Recurrence of Lung Cancer

A team from Memorial Sloan-Kettering has found that the makeup of immune cells in a lung tumor and in tissue surrounding a tumor can predict whether the cancer will recur after surgery.

January 3, 2013
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Meet Thoracic Surgeon James Huang

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

October 31, 2012
Cancer Genomics: Improved Understanding of Molecular Changes in Tumors Produces More-Specialized Treatments

With the genomics revolution, scientists and physicians have increasingly been able to peer at the inner workings of tumor cells and pinpoint the specific genetic changes that transform them from their cells of origin into cancer.

September 21, 2012
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Tunneling Nanotubes Connect Cancer Cells

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.

September 19, 2012
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Meet Thoracic Surgeon David Finley

Dr. Finley, Co-Director of the Complex Airway Program, explains how he lays out a treatment plan with his patients, and determines which type of surgery fits best in the context of their lifestyle.

August 28, 2012
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Meet Thoracic Surgeon Inderpal Sarkaria

Thoracic surgeon Inderpal Sarkaria discusses the expertise of Memorial Sloan-Kettering surgeons at performing complex operations to treat cancers of the lung, esophagus, and chest wall.

July 25, 2012
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Pulmonary Specialist Peter Bach Discusses New Findings on Benefits of CT Screening for Lung Cancer

In an interview, Dr. Bach talks about research showing that CT screening may prevent one in five cancer deaths for people at a very high risk of developing lung cancer.

May 21, 2012
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Testing for Mutations Identified in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Tumors Helps Personalize Treatment

Memorial Sloan-Kettering was one of the first centers to use this type of genetic testing for lung cancer patients and is currently one of the only centers testing for mutations in squamous cell carcinomas of the lung.

May 17, 2012
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Surgery’s Vital Role in Treating Cancer

Department of Surgery Chair Peter T. Scardino reflects on the expanding role of surgery at an institution devoted to caring for people with cancer.

March 12, 2012
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Lung Cancer Experts Win Wholeness of Life Award

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.

December 5, 2011
CBS Evening News: Therapy to Target Each Patient's Unique Cancer

Chief of Thoracic Oncology Mark Kris offers his perspective on a promising new tactic for treating lung and other cancers in this story from CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley. The strategy tailors cancer treatment to each individual patient.

November 23, 2011
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Physician-Scientists Present Significant Clinical Cancer Research Advances at ASCO Annual Meeting

In an extraordinary demonstration of excellence, five Memorial Sloan-Kettering physician-scientists were selected to participate in the press program at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, held June 3-7 in Chicago.

July 1, 2011
New Technology Will Improve Molecular Testing of Tumors for Patients

Memorial Sloan-Kettering has made an important step forward in efficiently diagnosing gene mutations in patients’ cancers on an individual basis.

June 1, 2010
Image-Guided Radiation Therapy: A New Paradigm in Cancer Care

Many people undergoing cancer treatment receive some form of radiation therapy to shrink and kill a tumor. A relatively new type of radiation therapy — called image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) — utilizes high-tech imaging with extremely precise radiation beams, ensuring that radiation targets the tumor, sparing nearby healthy tissue. IGRT can be used to treat many types of cancer, including those that develop in the spine, lung, prostate, brain, bladder, esophagus, liver, and bone.

July 1, 2009
Genetic Information Becomes a Vital Part of Clinical Practice

At Memorial Sloan-Kettering, as the genetics revolution continues to flourish, discoveries made in the laboratory are increasingly producing real-world benefits for cancer patients.

October 1, 2008

Related Media Coverage

FDA Approves Pfizer Lung-Cancer Drug

Thoracic oncologist Mark Kris, MD, was interviewed about the FDA approval of crizotinib (Xalkori®), a drug that shrinks tumors in lung-cancer patients with a rare genetic abnormality.

Wall Street Journal
August 26, 2011
Eyewitness News at 5: Benefits and Risks of Lung Cancer Screening

A recently published study found a benefit for screening longtime smokers for lung cancer. Pulmonologist and epidemiologist Peter Bach is quoted.

WABC-TV, Channel 7
June 29, 2011
Mark Kris
Tumors In Majority Of Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer Found To Have Genetic Mutations That Can Be Treated With Targeted Therapies

A new study detected one of ten such mutations in 54 percent of the 516 lung cancer patients tested at diagnosis. The results enabled doctors to select the most appropriate drug designed to block the identified mutation and choose other treatment options for those patients whose tumors did not have a mutation.

June 4, 2011
Research Reveals What Drives Lung Cancer's Spread

A new study by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center reveals the genetic underpinnings of what causes lung cancer to quickly metastasize, or spread, to the brain and the bone - the two most prominent sites of lung cancer relapse.

July 2, 2009
Study Shows Drug Combination Improves Outcome for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

A new, international study found that the combination of two drugs delays disease progression for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

May 30, 2009
Study Shows No Benefit for CT Screening for Lung Cancer

The first report of an international study looking at CT to screen current or former smokers for lung cancer found that screening did not reduce deaths from lung cancer.

March 6, 2007
Risk for Lung Cancer Varies Among Smokers

A new study that shows lung cancer risk varies widely among smokers may help individuals and their doctors decide if voluntary screening is appropriate for them.

March 19, 2003

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