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A new study detected one of ten such mutations in 54 percent of the 516 lung cancer patients tested at diagnosis. The results enabled doctors to select the most appropriate drug designed to block the identified mutation and choose other treatment options for those patients whose tumors did not have a mutation.
Read a Q & A with Lucy Kalanithi, the widow of Paul Kalanithi, who wrote When Breath Becomes Air.
Despite the enormity of a terminal cancer diagnosis, finding a sense of meaning and joy in the final stages of life is possible. MSK ICU Nurse, Natassia Singh, took part in a one-hour panel discussion focusing on the challenges and gifts of end of life clinical care.
MSK's new clinic will focus on clonal hematopoiesis, a condition related to aging that increases the risk of developing certain blood cancers.
People who maintain a healthy lifestyle after surgery and chemotherapy for colon cancer are more likely to have a favorable outcome after treatment.
Memorial Sloan Kettering and Bright Horizons, the nation’s largest provider of employer-sponsored childcare, recently opened a new, state-of-the-art childcare facility for exclusive use of MSK employees.
The Gerstner Sloan Kettering Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) will welcome 25 students to this year's ten-week program.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced a transformative gift from the Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research to benefit the Center for Experimental Therapeutics, a multidisciplinary research and drug development group at MSK. With this gift, the Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research continues their nearly three-decade commitment to the Center for Experimental Therapeutics, which was initially founded in 2002 with a generous gift from the Foundation.
The May 6 session of “MSK Science Spotlight” features Ross Levine, MD, Laurence Joseph Dineen Chair in Leukemia Research and Chief, Molecular Cancer Medicine Service, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, presenting his work on “Deciphering and Targeting Clonal Evolution.”
As we celebrate National Nurses Week, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and The Robbins Family Foundation recognize seven distinguished nursing staff members for their exemplary service. Each member of this select group is being honored with the inaugural 2020 Robbins Family Award for Nursing Excellence.