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Andrew McMahon performs on stage in front of a crowd.
Andrew McMahon of Something Corporate: How a Rock Star’s Family Handled Leukemia

Andrew McMahon, front man of the bands Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin, was a rock star on the rise when he was suddenly diagnosed with lympho...
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Hands, Feet, and Fins: The Connection That Explains Acral Melanoma

Sloan Kettering Institute scientists are using zebrafish to understand human skin cancer that attacks the hands and feet.
Vivian Strong, MD
Vivian Strong, MD, Highlights What is New in Surgery for Gastric Cancer at the International Gastric Cancer Congress 2022

Vivian Strong, MD, FACS, the Iris Cantor Chair, addressed colleagues and gastric cancer experts from around the world at the International Gastric Cancer Congress 2022.
Moriyina Cole, Financial Analyst, Hospital Operations, Laboratory Medicine
The Road Traveled: Moriyina Cole’s Path and the Women Who Brought Her Along

Moriyina Cole’s path to MSK started with a childhood in Sierra Leone, a move to Maryland when she was 15 years old, followed by time at Western Michigan University and Union Graduate College, where she received an undergraduate degree and a Master of Business Administration, respectively.
Visible Ink Performance
13 Years of Storytelling: MSK’s Visible Ink Writing Program Presents Performances of Works by Patients  

For more than a decade, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s (MSK) Visible Ink writing program has given a voice to more than 3,000 people with cancer, allowing each of them a unique opportunity to express themselves through interpretive dance, music, and poetry.
Dr. Yelena Janjigian hugs MSK patient Cecilia Defoe
New Gastric & Esophageal Cancer Treatment Breakthrough

There are new, FDA-authorized treatment options for people facing esophageal and gastric (stomach) cancer, thanks to clinical trials at Memorial Sloan Kettering that combined immunotherapy with standard treatments.
Xiuzhen Chen (left), winner of the Kravis WiSE Postdoctoral Fellowship, and Brianna Naizir, winner of the Kravis WiSE Graduate Fellowship.
Two Sloan Kettering Institute Researchers Named 2022 Kravis WISE Fellowship Grant Recipients

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is proud to announce that two Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) researchers have been named 2022 Marie-Josée Kravis WISE fellowship grant recipients.
Healthy foods
Watch: MSK Experts Share Tips for Healthy Eating and Explore the Connection Between Diet and Cancer

MSK recognized National Cancer Prevention Month (February) and National Nutrition Month (March) with online educational programming highlighting the connection between diet, nutrition, and cancer.
Dirk Remus and Richard Hite
SKI Scientists Determine Structure of a DNA Damage 'First Responder'

The results of this collaborative project overturn some conventional wisdom about how the DNA repair process works.
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Charles Swanton
Meet Charles Swanton, a Recipient of the Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research

Charles Swanton of Cancer Research UK and University College London was one of the recipients of the 2021 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research.