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Close-up of nurse's hands being held and blessed by chaplain's hands
Event
Sacred Vessels: "Blessing of Hands" Ritual Helps MSK Nurses Move Forward

MSK nurses reaffirm their commitment to healing in the "Blessing of Hands" ceremony.
Nurse sits at computer
Q&A
MSK Nurse and Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivor Shares Her Story

Meet Nikki Gioia, who treated for Hodgkin lymphoma at MSK and is now an MSK nurse.
MSK patient Margie Goldsmith with her bike
Feature
An Intrepid Pancreatic Cancer Survivor Continues to Live for Adventure

Summary This story originally appeared in Bridges, our newsletter for cancer survivors. Bridges offers a forum in which patients and their fa...
MSK director of social work Penny Damaskos, posing with a human-sized number 8
Feature
How Social Workers Help People with Cancer: 8 Questions with Penny Damaskos

Meet MSK Director of Social Work Penny Damaskos and learn how she and her team help people with cancer.
MSK clinical geneticist Kenneth Offit and genetic counselor Yelena Kemel pictured in a laboratory
In the Clinic
Testing for BRCA: What Is the Best Way to Screen for Cancer Genes?

The BRCA Founder Outreach study was recently launched to look at how patients undergo genetic screenings for cancer.
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In Brief
A Precision Strike to Treat Prostate Cancer

An antibody that targets a prostate cell protein shows potential for designing safer, more effective prostate cancer therapies.
Dancers on stage with a woman in the middle reading
Event
Visible Ink Performance Celebrates Writings of MSK Patients and Survivors

Visible Ink, a writing program for MSK patients that pairs them with professional mentors, held its tenth anniversary live performance.
Sign for AACR scientific meeting featuring collage of images
Roundup
Highlights from MSK at the 2018 American Association for Cancer Research Meeting

Read up on the latest developments in several key areas of cancer research, including genomic mapping, disease modeling through CRISPR, CAR T therapy, and cancer stem cells.
MSK medical oncologist Robert Motzer
Finding
Immunotherapy Combination Offers a Better Chance at Longer Survival for Patients with Metastatic Kidney Cancer

Learn about how the immunotherapies ipilimumab (Yervoy®) and nivolumab (Opdivo®) could provide a new option for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Alvin Goh, an expert in robotic surgery.
In the Clinic
Robotic Bladder Removal & Reconstruction Surgery

MSK has expanded its bladder cancer surgery options with new robotic methods for constructing a substitute bladder.