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Powerful Stories, Legendary Talent, and Unforgettable Performances: Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Visible Ink Program Celebrates Ten Years

Visible Ink at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is the leading — and largest — writing program of its kind. Writing promotes creativity, reduces stress, and empowers people with cancer to give voice to their stories.
MSK dance and movement therapist Jenn Whitley with a pediatric patient
Feature
How Art Therapy, Music Therapy, and Dance Therapy Help People with Cancer

Meet three creative arts therapists at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
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Outreach
Growing Cells and Future Scientists: MSK Hosts High School Students for Day of Exploration

Students from Manhattan’s Urban Academy Laboratory School paid a visit to Marcel van den Brink’s lab at MSK.
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Q&A
The Science of Eating Well: MSK Research Focuses on Nutrition after a Stem Cell Transplant

Learn about how nutrition experts are helping people with cancer maintain a healthy diet both during and after treatment.
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In Brief
Can You Hear Me Now? Scientists Find Nanoparticles Have a Language of Their Own

Nanoparticles were thought of a silent partner in imaging technologies. They’re now being recognized as an important source of subatomic chatter.
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In the Clinic
Immunotherapy Drug Shows Promise for Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma

An immunotherapy drug might be an effective initial treatment for people with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma.
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Q&A
Nutrition and Cancer: 6 Frequently Asked Questions

Nutrition plays an important role in the lives of those who have been diagnosed with cancer. Learn about how treatment can affect what you eat.
MSK child-life therapist Maria Martin
Feature
How MSK Is Making Surgery Less Scary for Kids

Learn about a hospital-wide program that empowers children before they undergo surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
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Support
Sleepless in Cancerland: 3 Methods for Battling Insomnia as a Cancer Patient and Survivor

Learn how people with cancer can reduce insomnia during and after treatment.
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Q&A
New Classification System Will Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Tumors

There are more than 100 subtypes of brain tumors, making them a challenge to accurately diagnose. Now researchers have figured out a way to reliably distinguish them.