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Antonio Lekhrajmal is seen outdoors with his wife, Maria. He has been successfully treated with checkpoint inhibitors for advanced stomach cancer.
How Checkpoint Inhibitors for Stage 4 Stomach Cancer Worked for Antonio

Learn how MSK helped a man with stage 4 stomach (gastric) cancer using checkpoint inhibitors, a type of immunotherapy that also treats many other cancers.
Woman pictured with son in EMT uniform and husband in firefighter uniform.
MSK Clinic Offers Pain Relief When Cancer Spreads to Bones

When Jacqueline was in pain caused by bone metastases from lung cancer, she got help at a specialized MSK clinic. "It's unbelievable the difference it made," she says.
Representative image of a dividing tumor cell showing the extrachromosomal location of duplicated BRAF genes
In the Lab
Giving Drugs Together — Rather than in Sequence — May Be Key to Halting Tumor Resistance

Scientists are learning how tumors develop resistance to drugs — and what can be done about it.
Harold Varmus former CEO of MSK
Harold Varmus: A Decade of Leadership at MSK

Harold Varmus became President and Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on January 1, 2000. He ended his decade-long tenure on July 1, 2010. And on July 12, 2010, Dr. Varmus took up a new role as Director of the National Cancer Institute.
MSK investigators Joan Massagué and Anna Obenauf
In the Lab
Outsmarting Cancer’s Survival Skills

A new study led by MSK investigators reveals how some cancer cells become resistant to targeted treatment and suggests what might be done to stop that from happening.
(From left) The first four authors of the June 24 Cancer Cell study, Barry Taylor, Anuradha Gopalan, Haley Hieronymous, and Nikolaus Schultz.
Sifting Through the Prostate Cancer Genome

A team of Memorial Sloan Kettering clinicians and computational biologists have compiled the largest catalog to date of genetic alterations that occur in prostate cancer.
Head and Neck Surgeon Benjamin Roman seen talking with MSK colleagues.
A Second Opinion Can Reduce Cancer Costs and Improve Care

Learn how a second opinion at a highly specialized cancer center such as MSK can lead to treatment that costs less and improves quality of life and survival.
MSK scientists Daniel Heller and Kayvan Keshari with a confocal microscope.
Education
MSK’s Cancer Engineering Focus Draws Top Scientists

Learn how a new cancer engineering PhD program is attracting leading scientists to come to MSK.
Albert Kuchler discussing his treatment results with MSK oncologist Bob Li at a recent clinic visit.
Feature
For People with a Rare Mouth Cancer, a Targeted Drug Can Be Lifesaving

The drug targets a protein called HER2 found on some salivary gland tumors.
Timothy A. Chan
Researchers Link Gene that Causes Parkinson's Disease to Cancer

A multidisciplinary team of Memorial Sloan Kettering investigators has shown for the first time that the gene that causes the inherited form of Parkinson's disease also plays a role in many types of cancer, including colon and lung cancers and glioblastoma, the most common form of brain cancer.