January 2008

January 2008 - Memorial Sloan-Kettering has established a Brain Tumor Center (BTC) to address the challenges of managing primary brain tumors and brain metastases.

January 2008 - An intraoperative MRI can give a surgeon the distinct advantage of being able to remove a tumor without damaging critical brain structures.

January 2008 - High school students and teachers flocked to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for second annual research symposium.

January 2008 - From an early age, Maureen Killackey, Deputy Physician-in-Chief and Medical Director of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Regional Care Network, has recognized the importance of using one's skills to give back to the community.

January 2008 - More than 100 postdoctoral research fellows showcased their accomplishments at the inaugural Postdoctoral Fellow Research Symposium.

January 2008 - Charles L. Sawyers, Chair of Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, is one of 15 patient-oriented researchers to be appointed a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.

January 2008 - James P. Allison, Chair of the Immunology Program in the Sloan-Kettering Institute, has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine.

January 2008 - Patients with colorectal cancer who survive ten years after surgery to remove metastatic liver tumors can be considered cured, according to a retrospective study conducted by Memorial Sloan-Kettering investigators.

January 2008 - A crowd of about 175 stem cell transplant recipients gathered with family, friends, and Center staff for Memorial Sloan-Kettering's 12th annual Stem Cell Transplant Survivors Celebration.