For Healthcare Professionals: Updates in Liquid Tumors

Memorial Sloan-Kettering surgeons describe a phase II trial comparing agents administered through HIPEC for cancers of the appendix, colon, and rectum.

Gynecologic oncologist Oliver Zivanovic describes the use of heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy to treat ovarian cancer.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering experts discuss advances in lung cancer treatment and new screening guidelines aimed at increasing survival.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering family nurse practitioner Carol Ann Milazzo describes side effects commonly caused by palliative radiation therapy to the spine.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering family nurse practitioner Carol Ann Milazzo describes side effects commonly caused by palliative radiation therapy to the chest.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering family nurse practitioner Carol Ann Milazzo describes side effects commonly caused by palliative radiation therapy to the abdomen or pelvis.

Watch our scientists discuss how the Geoffrey Beene Center helped Memorial Sloan-Kettering establish a progressive approach to modern cancer research.

A physical therapist from Memorial Sloan-Kettering demonstrates exercises for women who have had breast reconstruction with tissue transfer.

Oncologist and hematologist Ellin Berman describes how a team of experts provides a variety of therapeutic options to patients with leukemia, from standard of care treatments to new therapies available in clinical trials.

Medical oncologist Michael Morris describes a technique developed at Memorial Sloan-Kettering to image prostate cancer metastases via PET scan.

Medical oncologist Michael Morris describes noninvasive radiopharmaceuticals for prostate cancer–related bone metastases.

A survivor of multiple cancers, Mark Popadick says he came to terms with his experience by helping a friend through cancer treatment.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering gynecologic cancer surgeon Carol Brown discusses the importance of the HPV vaccine.

The majority of cancer patients use complementary therapies such as herbs and dietary supplements. Although figures differ, surveys indicate that as many as 60 percent of people with cancer take two or more dietary supplements daily.

Sergio Giralt, Chief of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, has been recognized for his achievements in the field of bone marrow transplantation with an award presented by GMA’s Robin Roberts.

Thoracic surgeon Inderpal Sarkaria describes the applications of robotic surgery in esophagectomy and other thoracic procedures at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.

Our physicians and scientists are pioneering the development of targeted therapies for kidney cancer. Our experts have participated in or led the development of five of the seven drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for patients with advanced kidney cancer since 2005.

Head and neck surgeon Ian Ganly explains that experts in all disciplines – including medical oncology, radiation oncology, and surgery – work together as a team to deliver treatments offering the best results possible for patients.

Watch thoracic surgeon Inderpal Sarkaria talk about the collaborative approach Memorial Sloan-Kettering specialists used to cure a woman with complex esophageal cancer.

Integrative medicine specialist Yang Yang describes the benefits of qigong for cancer survivors, and demonstrates exercises and meditation.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering statistician Andrew Vickers describes a recommended screening strategy to determine men at highest risk for developing an aggressive prostate cancer requiring treatment.

Physician-scientist Guenther Koehne describes a T cell immunotherapy for resistant cytomegalovirus infection in allogeneic stem cell transplant patients.

Gastroenterologist Mark Schattner describes endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), a minimally invasive method used to treat obstructions and strictures in the biliary ducts.

Gastroenterologist Mark Schattner outlines the advantages of undergoing colonoscopy at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.

Surgical oncologist Charlotte Ariyan describes a clinical trial of a new treatment approach combining chemotherapy delivered through an isolated limb infusion with an immunotherapy drug for advanced disease.

Registered nurse Mary Dowling talks about the specialized and disease-specific nursing care at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.

Registered nurse Kevin Browne, director of nursing for critical care and pediatric services, describes the role of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Step-Down Unit in caring for surgical patients who are too ill to be on a standard inpatient floor but not so ill that they need to be admitted to the intensive care unit.

Registered nurse Kevin Browne describes the role of the Urgent Care Center in patient triage and the unique expertise of the center’s nursing staff.

Nancie Simonet, who received a stem cell transplant at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, discusses how she balanced a rigorous treatment with family and managing a restaurant, before eventually getting her life back.

Medical oncologist Marcel van den Brink explains that functioning T cells may be generated in abdominal lymph nodes following allogeneic bone marrow transplant.

Chief of the Leukemia Service Martin S. Tallman discusses how Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s experts collaborate to deliver the most-promising therapies, and how he cares for patients as if they were members of his own family.

Medical oncologist Dan Douer, leader of the research program in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, talks about how patients are treated by a caring team that includes physicians, nurses, social workers, and support staff.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering President and CEO Craig B. Thompson welcomes attendees to the seventh annual Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research lecture for high school students and introduces the speakers.

Immunologist Morgan Huse discusses how the orientation of T cells — a type of white blood cell — affects the way they mount an immune response.

Fitness expert Donna Wilson of Memorial Sloan-Kettering explains the benefits of physical activity and demonstrates exercises for cancer survivors.

Bhuvanesh Singh, a head and neck surgeon and director of the Laboratory of Epithelial Cancer Biology, discusses the treatment team’s desire to cure patients and help them return to their everyday lives.

Urologic surgeon Raul Parra, who practices at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Basking Ridge, treats cancers of the prostate, kidney, and bladder with the goal of extending the lives of patients, and giving them the best possible quality of life.

Fellow Matthew Lunning describes a retrospective study that examined event-free and overall survival among patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.

Fellow Parastoo Dahi reviews a study that found that that graft-specific HLA antibodies do not influence unit dominance or prevent high rates of sustained donor engraftment in double-unit cord blood transplantation.

Medical oncologist David Ilson talks about advances in adjuvant therapies for gastric cancer in a Grand Rounds presentation.

Surgeon T. Peter Kingham explains the world-class care delivered to patients with liver, pancreatic, gallbladder, and bile duct cancers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.

Medical oncologist Virginia Klimek discusses a randomized clinical trial for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and symptomatic anemia. The standard treatments for MDS include red blood cell transfusions and erythropoietin injections, but many patients do not respond well to these therapies. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is participating in a multicenter Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group study that is assessing the effectiveness of combining lenalidomide with erythropoietin injections.

Dennis S. Chi, Deputy Chief of the Gynecology Service, talks about the way Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s research and state-of-the-art care help women with ovarian, cervical, and uterine cancers.

Gynecology Service Chief Richard R. Barakat explains the latest surgical techniques for improving outcomes and quality of life in women with cervical, ovarian, and other gynecologic cancers.

Gynecologic oncologist Dennis Chi reviews the use of minimally invasive techniques such as laparoscopy for the surgical staging of ovarian cancer.

Medical oncologist William Tap discusses a multicenter randomized study that compares doxorubicin plus TH-302 versus doxorubicin alone for locally advanced soft tissue sarcoma that is inoperable or metastatic.

Thoracic surgeon Inderpal Sarkaria discusses advances that have enabled surgeons to treat some esophageal cancers with robotics.

Gynecologic cancer surgeon Carol Brown discusses how doctors and nurses collaborate to care for patients, from diagnosis through lifelong follow-up.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering radiologist Laura Liberman describes her own strategies for living as a lymphoma survivor.

Urologic surgeon Jonathan Coleman discusses vascular targeted photodynamic (VTP) therapy for delivering intravenous TOOKAD® to destroy prostate tumors and the blood vessels that support them.

Urologic surgeon Jonathan Coleman discusses interstitial laser therapy, a thermal focal therapy option in which laser energy delivered with precision destroys small prostate tumors.

Urologic surgeon Jonathan Coleman discusses novel forms of focal therapy that may benefit select patients with localized prostate cancer.

Sleep specialist Amy Lowery of Memorial Sloan-Kettering discusses the importance of sleep and how to prevent and treat sleep problems.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering experts — radiologist and cancer survivor Laura Liberman, psychiatrist Matthew Doolittle, and psychologist Katherine DuHamel — discuss apprehension about scans and procedures, and offer tips to identify and manage “scanxiety.”

Memorial Sloan-Kettering gynecologic surgeons, led by Nadeem Abu-Rustum, developed a simple technique to identify and remove the most important lymph nodes during surgery for early-stage endometrial or cervical cancers.

David 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.

Medical oncologist Paul Paik discusses the Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung Mutation Analysis Program (SQ-MAP) and various open clinical trials.

Thoracic surgeon Inderpal Sarkaria discusses a clinical trial comparing quality of life after minimally invasive versus open esophagectomy.

Medical experts from Memorial Sloan-Kettering discuss new strategies for preventing, diagnosing, and treating skin cancer.

Gynecologic oncologist Nadeem Abu-Rustum discusses the prognostic and therapeutic power of sentinel lymph node mapping in gynecologic cancers.

Hematologist-oncologist Don Douer discusses a Phase I clinical trial of intravenous BMS-906024.