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What You Should Know about Five Common Cancers

Even the most common cancers have aspects that are not fully grasped by the public.
Q&A
MSK internal medicine specialist Deborah Korenstein
Helping Doctors "Do No Harm" by Addressing Medical Test Overuse

Learn how MSK is clarifying how unnecessary medical tests can harm a patient's well-being.
In the Lab
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The Immune System Can Fight Cancer. So Why Doesn’t It?

New research from scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute helps explain how growing tumors escape our immune defenses.
In the Lab
Image of dividing breast cancer cells taken with electron microscope.
Researchers Identify Why Women May Develop Resistance to a New Class of Breast Cancer Drugs

Clues emerge about why promising new breast cancer drugs sometimes don’t work — and what might be done about it.
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How Do Cigarettes Cause Cancer?

Everyone knows that cigarettes cause cancer. But what do we know about how they do it?
In the Clinic
Andrea Barrio (right) and fellow Shirin Muhsen focus on surgery for breast cancer.
Sessions at Annual Breast Cancer Conference Focus on Prevention and Treatment of Lymphedema

Experts from Memorial Sloan Kettering presented some of the latest research on this challenging complication of many cancer surgeries.
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Advances in Myeloma, Lymphoma, and Bone Marrow Transplant Announced at the 2018 ASH Meeting

Learn more about the work of MSK researchers being presented at the 2018 meeting of the American Society of Hematology.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Breast Cancer Experts to Gather at Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Experts from all specialties of breast cancer treatment will attend the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium from December 4 through 8. It is the largest annual meeting devoted solely to the latest in breast cancer advances. The meeting will highlight emerging research and also tackle some of the larger issues facing people with breast cancer and the doctors who treat them.
Finding
Jonathan Peled speaks during a press conference
Gut Microbes May Protect People Having Bone Marrow Transplants

For the first time, researchers have found an association between the makeup of the microorganisms in the body before a bone marrow transplant and a patient’s survival afterward.
Q&A
Ethics Committee Chair Louis Voigt
8 Questions with Louis Voigt, an Expert on Medical Ethics

Learn about Louis Voigt, a critical care medicine specialist who is Chair of MSK's Ethics Committee.