Cancer Care: New & Noteworthy

Pictured: Dennis Chi & Richard Barakat
Women with Ovarian Cancer Benefit from Treatment at High-Volume Centers

Gynecology Service Chief Richard Barakat comments on a recent study indicating that women treated by more-experienced physicians receive the most-appropriate care for this aggressive form of cancer.

Pictured: Dennis Chi & Richard Barakat
Pictured: Peter Scardino
Department of Surgery Chair Peter Scardino on Smarter Screening for Prostate Cancer

Dr. Scardino discusses strategies for how physicians and patients can make the best use of PSA testing and prostate cancer treatment.

Pictured: Peter Scardino
Pictured: Mark Kris
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.

Pictured: Mark Kris
Pictured: Charles Sawyers' Laboratory
Projects Led by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Investigators Listed among Top Cancer Advances of 2012

The American Society of Clinical Oncology’s notable research advances include the approval of a new drug for men with advanced prostate cancer that was developed and studied by Memorial Sloan-Kettering researchers.

Pictured: Charles Sawyers' Laboratory
Pictured: Marcel R. M. van den Brink
New Treatment May Help Transplant Patients Recover Immune Function More Quickly

Memorial Sloan-Kettering researchers have shown for the first time that administering a growth factor called interleukin-7 can help patients regenerate T cells more quickly after stem cell transplantation.

Pictured: Marcel R. M. van den Brink
Pictured: Clifford Hudis
Breast Cancer Specialist Clifford Hudis Discusses Potential Benefits of Extended Tamoxifen Therapy

New, potentially practice-changing research sheds light on the long-term benefits of estrogen-blocking tamoxifen therapy in women with early-stage breast cancer whose disease is estrogen-receptor positive.

Pictured: Clifford Hudis
Pictured: Michael Zelefsky
Medication Used Before, During, and After Radiation Treatment Helps Men with Prostate Cancer Maintain Overall Sexual Function

Study signals hope for maintaining sexual function in men undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer.

Pictured: Michael Zelefsky
Pictured: PET Scan
New Imaging Agent Could Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering are developing a new strategy for PET imaging of tumors that could result in new tools to detect and monitor prostate cancer.

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Pictured: Marc Ladanyi & Snjezana Dogan
Study Suggests Women Are More Susceptible to Smoking-Related Lung Cancers

A genetic analysis of tumors suggests women are more susceptible than men to the most common form of lung cancer.

Pictured: Marc Ladanyi & Snjezana Dogan
Pictured: Martin Weiser
More-Accurate Colorectal Cancer Staging Helps Doctors Personalize Treatment

Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s colorectal cancer team has developed online prediction tools that assess disease risk following surgery, enabling patients and physicians to make better treatment decisions.

Pictured: Martin Weiser

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