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Memorial Sloan Kettering nurses Christina Giwa and Odalis Cortes
Spreading Their Wings: MSK Nurses Support Each Other through Mentorship

Learn how a mentoring program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center helped two nurses excel in their roles.
MSK patient Charlie Sweeney and wife Kendra
Cancer Straight Talk: 3 Things Caregivers Should Know

Get helpful advice on being a caregiver for someone with cancer.
Larry Norton, MD, and Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD
MSK Researchers Use Simulation-Based Analysis to Estimate Increase in Breast Cancer Survival Worldwide Through Scale-up of Treatment and Early Detection

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers join with experts from international institutions to estimate the potential impact of scaling up the availability of treatment and imaging modalities on breast cancer survival globally, together with improvements in quality of care.
Colorectal Tumors in Young vs. Older Adults Are Biologically Similar, Says MSK Study

The largest, most comprehensive study of its kind from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center finds that the biology of colorectal cancer in people under 50 is very similar to the disease in older people and more aggressive treatment of younger patients may not be warranted.
Education
Daniella Jimenez
Summer Internships at MSK: Opening Eyes and Doors for the Next Generation of Cancer Scientists

For some students, summer means fun in the sand, surf, and sun. But the high school and college students accepted into one of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s summer internship programs have a far more meaningful answer to the perennial question, “What did you do this summer?”
Tomya Watt, Vice President of Talent Acquisition & Mobility and Chief Diversity Officer at MSK
A Pipeline for Talent: MSK’s Emerging Leader Program

Research supports that an inclusive workforce, with diverse leadership, results in better patient care and outcomes. It's known, too, that inclusion leads to greater innovation as the knowledge and ideas of more people, with different perspectives, are brought into the mix.
Craig B. Thompson, MD
Craig B. Thompson Named to City and State’s 2021 Life Sciences Power 50

Craig B. Thompson, MD, President and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), has been named to the first City & State Life Sciences Power 50.
In the Lab
Scientist Gabriela Chiosis in her lab
Experimental Drug Targets Misbehaving Proteins in Brain Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease

Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers are studying how drugs that reverse malfunctioning proteins may treat disease.
Q&A
Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Prasad Adusumilli
CAR T Cell Therapy Shows Promise for Treating Mesothelioma

A combination immunotherapy approach using CAR T cells could be an effective new way to treat mesothelioma.
Feature
Irene Dimatulac sitting at a table in a restaurant
MSK’s Adolescent and Young Adult Program Supports Patients Throughout Their Treatment Journey

After graduate student Irene Dimatulac was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her knee, treatment at MSK — and support from MSK’s Adolescent and Young Adult Program — allowed her to get back to her life.