Pediatric Cancer Care: New & Noteworthy

Pictured: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Pediatric Patients
Annual Stop & Shop Triple Winner Game Benefits Pediatric Cancer Care and Research

For the 12th consecutive year, Stop & Shop customers have an opportunity to support Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Department of Pediatrics.

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Pictured: Nai-Kong Cheung
Researchers Find Gene Mutations Linked to Age at Neuroblastoma Diagnosis

In a large-scale genome sequencing study, researchers have discovered mutations in neuroblastoma tumors that could aid the development of diagnostic tests and therapies.

Pictured: Nai-Kong Cheung
Pictured: Marc Ladanyi & Laetitia Borsu
Genetic Study Identifies Mutations in Pediatric Cancers

Memorial Sloan-Kettering researchers have performed the first large-scale genetic analysis of several pediatric cancers, identifying mutations and potential targets for therapies to treat the cancers.

Pictured: Marc Ladanyi & Laetitia Borsu
Study Finds Most Children Don't Use Sunscreen Regularly

Research has shown that children who have experienced a sunburn at an early age are at almost double the risk for developing melanoma in adulthood. Now, a new study led by Memorial Sloan-Kettering epidemiologist Stephen Dusza finds that most children do not regularly use sunscreen.

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NorthJersey.com: Grateful Father of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Pediatric Patient Pays It Forward

After signing up for the National Bone Marrow Registry “Be The Match,” a Montclair man was recently called to donate peripheral blood stem cells for a sick child. He was inspired to join the registry after an anonymous donor saved the life of his own son, who had received a bone marrow transplant.

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Pediatric Patients Celebrate High School Graduations at Annual Convocation

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Department of Pediatrics patients celebrate high school graduations at the fifth annual Convocation.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Ranked in the Top Ten Best Children's Hospitals by US News & World Report

Memorial Sloan-Kettering has been ranked among the top 10 in cancer in the 2011-12 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings — the only New York-area hospital in the top 15.

Healing Meals

Memorial Sloan-Kettering chefs and dieticians have developed innovative approaches to please and nourish children with cancer.

Kids Surviving Cancer More Often Than Ever

Pediatric oncologist Paul Meyers, MD, discussed recent advances in pediatric cancer research.