Pictured: Yu Chen

Areas of Expertise

Conditions I Treat

  • Prostate cancer and conditions

My Specialties

  • Clinical trials
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Get to Know Me

I am a physician scientist and board-certified medical oncologist who specializes in treating men with prostate cancer, particularly those who have advanced disease that is not readily curable with surgical or radiation treatment. I am involved in a multidisciplinary effort with oncologists, pathologist, and surgeons to analyze tumor tissues and to develop clinical trials.

This provider is part of a team that was ranked #1 in the nation for Urology Cancer Care this year by U.S. News & World Report.

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In addition to treating patients, most of my effort is focused on basic laboratory research. I am also the co-principal investigator of the Prostate Cancer Specialized Program on Research Excellence (SPORE) at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. My laboratory in the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program (HOPP) at MSK focuses on the study of molecular drivers in prostate and bladder cancer. We use tumor tissues and patient-derived “organoids,” as well as genetically engineered mouse models, to help understand how mutations lead to tumorigenesis and to develop novel precision therapeutics. 

What I Do at MSK

I'm a genitourinary (GU) medical oncologist, which is a cancer doctor who specializes in genitourinary (jeh-nih-toh-YOOR-ih-nayr-ee) cancers. This includes bladder, kidney, penis, prostate, and testicular cancers.

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Areas of Expertise

Conditions I Treat

  • Prostate cancer and conditions

My Specialties

  • Clinical trials
Education & Honors

Education

  • MD, Cornell University Medical College

Residencies

  • Internal Medicine - Brigham and Women's Hospital

Fellowships

  • Medical Oncology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology

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Contact and Location

Dr. Chen sees patients at one location.

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New York, NY

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Colleagues

Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering work as teams, with specialists from all different areas. This allows us to consider all your needs together, and to give you the best possible care.

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Clinical Trials

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Find a Clinical Trial for You

Memorial Sloan Kettering's doctors and scientists are constantly developing new treatments for cancer. MSK is typically running hundreds of clinical trials at a given time.

You may be able to participate in a clinical trial even if you are new to MSK. Search our online directory to find trial information and see more about who can participate.

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Research and Publications

Disclosures

Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.

MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.

Yu Chen discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

  • Merck & Co Inc.
    Professional Services and Activities
  • Myovant Sciences
    Equity
  • Oric Pharmaceuticals
    Equity; Intellectual Property Rights

If you’re a patient at MSK and would like more information about your doctor’s external relationships, please talk with your doctor.

The information published here is a complement to other publicly reported data and is for a specific annual disclosure period. There may be differences between information on this and other public sites as a result of different reporting periods and/or the various ways relationships and financial interests are categorized by organizations that publish such data.


This page and data include information for a specific MSK annual disclosure period (January 1, 2023 through disclosure submission in spring 2024). This data reflects interests that may or may not still exist. This data is updated annually.

Learn more about MSK’s COI policies here. For questions regarding MSK’s COI-related policies and procedures, email MSK’s Compliance Office at [email protected].


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