Our doctors have shown that tumors compressing the spinal cord can be controlled using less-invasive surgery combined with a precise, intense form of radiation therapy.
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.
In 2003, Mary McCabe was recruited to lead Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s Cancer Survivorship Initiative and since that time has worked to develop a comprehensive program for cancer survivors, which includes follow-up care, research, and education and training.
A recent study led by Memorial Sloan-Kettering surgeons Richard J. Wong, Yuman Fong, and Jatin P. Shah has uncovered a mechanism that allows tumor cells to sense the presence of a nerve and migrate along it.
