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Integrative medicine specialist Jun Mao
Feature
Meet Jun Mao, MSK’s Chief of Integrative Medicine

Dr. Mao leads a team of integrative medicine specialists who offer complementary therapies such as massage and acupuncture to patients and caregivers.
A hand points to brain images on a screen.
In the Clinic
Treating Cancer When It Spreads to the Brain

MSK doctors and scientists are leading the charge to find new and innovative ways to treat metastatic brain cancer.
Illustration of how PU-PET localizes to tumors
In the Lab
Bull’s-Eye: Imaging Technology Could Confirm When a Drug Is Going to the Right Place

Collaborative team advances a new approach for imaging a drug that’s been developed to stop cancer growth.
Gerstner Sloan Kettering Students
8 Gerstner Sloan Kettering Students Prepare To Graduate

Eight scientists are poised to receive their doctorates and embark on careers tackling problems in human disease through biomedical research. Their years of dedication and training will be recognized on May 18, 2022, when they will be awarded their PhD degrees from the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK). This year’s commencement marks the school’s 11th graduating class since admitting its first students in 2006.
Pictured: Craig Thompson
Perspective
President Craig Thompson Reflects on 40-Year War on Cancer

Since the signing of the National Cancer Act in 1971, tremendous progress has been made in preventing and treating cancer—though challenges remain.
Pictured: Timothy Chan
In the Lab
Investigators Sequence the Genome of a Rare Head and Neck Cancer

Investigators have sequenced the genome of adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare and deadly head and neck cancer. The work sets the stage for the sequencing of additional rare cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Stacey Kaminsky, a breast cancer patient, sits on a hospital bed awaiting an MRI.
How MSK Nurses Offer Relief From Scanxiety

In response to the intense fear that so many people experience around imaging tests, MSK radiology nurses developed new recommendations that are helping patients everywhere.
Patient on left in chemotherapy infusion chair talking to nurse
Support
The Unexpected Side Effects of Cancer Treatment

Learn about some lesser-known side effects from cancer treatment including falling caused by peripheral neuropathy, fatigue, hormone and sexual changes, and short-term memory problems (chemo brain).
iron-filled macrophages from a breast cancer tumor
In the Lab
MSK-Developed Technology Provides a “Virtual Biopsy” of Immune Cells in Tumors

The noninvasive approach could help scientists track the movements of an important cell type that can influence the outcome of cancer treatment.
Dr. Lisa DeAngelis
Cancer Is Not Going Away During COVID-19: Physician-in-Chief Lisa DeAngelis Shares Why Patients Need to Get Back to the Clinic

Cancer institutions need to be vigilant in their approach to getting patients safely back to the clinic so they don’t further delay life-saving care.