- Late Effects of Childhood Cancer TreatmentChildhood cancer in the United States now has a five-year survival rate of 80 percent. Thanks to improved methods of treatment, most pediatric patients grow up to lead active lives.
- An Interview with Monica MorrowSurgical oncologist Monica Morrow is an internationally renowned expert in breast cancer with more than 20 years of experience leading research, education, and treatment programs.
- The Geoffrey Beene Translational Oncology Core FacilityUsing genetic tests to provide a prognosis and tailor treatment is becoming the standard of care for patients with a few forms of cancer.
- Cancer Biologist Joan Massagué Honored on Two ContinentsJoan Massagué, Chair of the Cancer Biology and Genetics Program in the Sloan-Kettering Institute, has been named the recipient of two prestigious awards.
- Toward the Next Generation of Medical ImagingMemorial Sloan-Kettering researchers will explore "C dots" for tumor detection and treatment.
- A New Tool to Predict Outcome and Evaluate Treatment in Patients with Advanced Prostate CancerAccording to Memorial Sloan-Kettering researchers, circulating tumor cell counts could help physicians in making treatment decisions and facilitate clinical studies.
- Researchers Establish Further Immune Benefit of Blood Stem Cell TransplantsMemorial Sloan-Kettering medical oncologist Katharine C. Hsu and colleagues have described an immune benefit of allogeneic, or donor-provided, blood stem cell transplants in patients being treated for leukemia.
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Names First Gerstner Fund RecipientsMemorial Sloan-Kettering has announced the creation of the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Young Investigators Fund and has named the fund's first four recipients.
- Documentary Chronicles the Lab Experience of Young ScientistsOn January 29, Memorial Sloan-Kettering hosted a screening of Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist, produced and directed by Sloan-Kettering Institute Chairman Emeritus Richard A. Rifkind and his wife, Carole.
- Online Portal Connects Patients with Treatment TeamsMemorial Sloan-Kettering has now made keeping track of details regarding care easier by creating a private, personalized online link for patients to access this information and communicate with their physicians and nurses.
- Charles Sawyers Awarded Landon PrizeCharles L. Sawyers, Chair of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, has been awarded the 2009 Dorothy P. Landon Prize for Translational Cancer Research from the American Association for Cancer Research.
- David Scheinberg Elected to the Association of American PhysiciansDavid A. Scheinberg has been elected a member of the prestigious Association of American Physicians (AAP).
- James Eastham Named Urology Service ChiefJames A. Eastham has been named Chief of the Urology Service in the Department of Surgery and the incumbent of the Florence and Theodore Baumritter/Enid Ancell Chair of Urologic Oncology.
- Tari King Named to New Endowed ChairBreast surgeon Tari King has been named to the newly endowed Jeanne A. Petrek Junior Faculty Chair.
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