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A man and a woman sit on a boat wearing life jackets and holding a large icicle. An iceberg sticking out of the water is behind them.
FDA Approves Immunotherapy That’s Less Intensive for People With Lymphoma

In April 2022, the FDA approved the immunotherapy drug axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta®) for the treatment of diffuse large B cell lymphoma earlier in the course of disease. Retired teacher and basketball coach Joe Crimi is one of the patients who benefited from this treatment.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Senior Vice President, Chief Nurse Executive, and Chair of Nursing Tracy Gosselin
‘People Want To Be Heard’: Meet MSK’s New Chief Nurse, Tracy Gosselin

Memorial Sloan Kettering's new chief nurse Tracy Gosselin says she was taken by surprise when she was asked to consider MSK's top nursing job.
Ethan Zohn is pictured in a field of cannabis plants.
Cannabis and Cancer: What We Know So Far

Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes discusses cannabis and cancer with MSK’s Director of Pediatric Integrated Medicine, Dr. Nirupa Raghunathan, and cancer survivor and winner of TV’s “Survivor: Africa”, Ethan Zohn.
Headshot of MSK clinical social worker Victoria Lassen
How To Talk to Family and Friends About a Cancer Diagnosis Linked to HPV

An MSK expert gives advice on how to talk to family and friends about a cancer diagnosis linked to HPV, which some people find particularly challenging.
Christopher Klebanoff
In the Lab
New Immunotherapy Approach Targets a Commonly Mutated ‘Driver’ Protein Unique to Cancer Cells

Investigators at MSK are developing new immunotherapy treatments that rely on engineering T cells to recognize mutated proteins that are unique to cancer.
SKI immunologist Ming Li
SKI Scientists Identify Potential New ‘Soldier’ for Cancer Immunotherapy

The new cells, which the scientists have dubbed killer innate-like T cells, differ in several notable ways from the conventional target of many immunotherapies.
Charles Sawyers and Elizabeth Wasmuth
With CryoEM, MSK Researchers Obtain Exquisite View of the Androgen Receptor — A Key Protein in Prostate Cancer

The pictures provide new clues about how the androgen receptor interacts with cancer-causing proteins.
Cancer research lab
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Receives $12M in Grants on Break Through Cancer’s One Year Anniversary

The collective efforts of the “TeamLabs” will accelerate discoveries in glioblastoma, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers
Woman in field with dog dressed as tiger
A Surgical Milestone To Protect Fertility in Young People With Cancer

MSK surgeons do an innovative procedure called a uterine transposition — the first performed in the U.S. — to preserve a woman’s fertility during cancer treatment.
Three women standing next to each other in a lobby
Celebrating the 3rd Annual Kravis WISE Symposium at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

The in-person event featured scientific talks from leading women in science, including winners of this year’s Kravis WISE fellowships.