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Breast Implants and Cancer: What Patients Need to Know

Learn what you need to know about safety requirements for breast implants.
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A healthcare provider comforts a patient by resting their hands on a patient's arm.
Cord Blood Transplants for Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma Save Lives at MSK

Nearly 400 adults and children have received umbilical cord blood transplants at MSK. These transplants offer the best chance of a cure for blood cancer in patients who are unable to find a matched donor, often due to their non-European ancestry.
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genitourinary medical oncologist Robert Motzer
Immunotherapy for Kidney Cancer: Learn About the Latest Advances

Immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors are effective against many cancers, including kidney cancer. Learn how these drugs are used to treat both early- and late-stage disease.
Mini Kamboj, MSK's Chief Medical Epidemiologist
Polio in NY: What You Should Know

Learn what detection of the polio virus in New York State means for you.
MSK medical oncologist Jonathan Rosenberg, who treats bladder cancer.
Powerful New Bladder Cancer Treatments: Antibody-Drug Conjugates and Checkpoint Inhibitors

Antibody-drug conjugates and checkpoint inhibitors show promise as new therapies for bladder cancer.
Paige Arnold working in a lab
2022 GSK Chairman’s Prize Celebrates Research That Sheds Light on Cellular Metabolic Processes

Paige Arnold, who will graduate from the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK) next spring, has been awarded the 2022 Chairman’s Prize. The competitive award is presented annually and was established by GSK’s Board of Trustees Chair Emeritus Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., for whom the school is named.
MSK Kids patient Rihanna Plaza
Thanks to MSK's Expertise in Pediatric Cancer Genomics, Rihanna Goes to Kindergarten

Learn about MSK Kids patient Rihanna, who was born with a cancer caused by an NTRK gene mutation and received the targeted therapy larotrectinib.
MSK physician-scientist Charles Sawyers and SKI computational biologist Dana Pe’er
MSK Researchers Discover How Cancer Cells Change Identity To Escape Therapies

Researchers learn how prostate cancer cells change their type to survive treatment.
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A bowl of ginseng root sitting next to a teapot.
Natural Remedies for Dry Mouth (Xerostomia)

Discover some natural remedies for mouth dryness (xerostomia) and mouth sores, common side effects of cancer treatment.
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Two chimpanzees in a field
Cancer Genes in Humans vs. Chimps: Why Are We More Susceptible?

In an unusual collaboration, scientists from MSK and the American Museum of Natural History looked at how the BRCA2 gene differs between humans and chimps. Mutations in this gene are linked to an increased risk of certain cancers, including breast cancer.