New cancer treatments are constantly being studied at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.
New cancer treatments -- such as new drugs, new approaches to surgery or radiation therapy, and new methods of biological therapy -- are constantly being studied at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. Many of these innovations have been responsible for changing some cancers from incurable to curable.
Survival rates for childhood cancer have soared over the past 20 years. Much of the improvement is the result of new therapies developed at centers specializing in childhood cancer. Pediatric oncologists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center are leaders in establishing new, more effective experimental treatments for pediatric cancers through clinical trials.