- Breast and Imaging Center Opens
The new Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Imaging Center opened in October offering patients advanced outpatient services for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. - An Interview With Simon Powell
Dr. Powell joined Memorial Sloan-Kettering in 2008 as Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology with a joint appointment in Sloan-Kettering Institute’s Molecular Biology Program. - Life After Breast Reconstruction
An overarching area of research in Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Service is measuring patients’ quality of life after reconstruction. - Lymphedema Research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
For some women, an unfortunate consequence of breast cancer surgery can be a condition called lymphedema, an accumulation of lymphatic fluid (lymph stasis) that causes an abnormal swelling of an extremity. - Paul Marks Prize Recognizes Three Young Cancer Researchers
Three young investigators who have taken significant steps toward advancing the understanding of cancer will be the recipients of this year’s Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research. - FDA Approves Lymphoma Drug Developed at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Patients with a rare but aggressive form of cancer now have access to a drug that has proven effective after the disease becomes resistant to standard treatments. - Researchers Design More Effective Cancer Vaccine
Memorial Sloan-Kettering investigators have shown that a new type of cancer vaccine might be more effective than previous therapies at inducing immune cells to destroy tumors. - Investigators Pioneer a Cell-Based System for Modeling Disease and Treatment
Memorial Sloan-Kettering researchers have engineered stem cells from patients with familial dysautonomia, a rare genetic disorder, and used them to explore the causes of the disease and to test drugs that might be effective against it. - Shanu Modi Named to Junior Faculty Chair
Shanu Modi, a physician on the Breast Cancer Medicine Service, has been named the incumbent of the Patricia and James Cayne Chair for Junior Faculty. - Eric Holland and Alexandra Joyner Elected to the Institute of Medicine
Eric C. Holland and Alexandra L. Joyner have been elected members of the Institute of Medicine. - 2009 Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Symposium
In September, the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center hosted its third symposium in the Rockefeller Research Laboratories.
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