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Concerns around COVID-19 are common in the general population, but cancer patients are also balancing questions about what the pandemic means for their treatment, prognosis, and vulnerability to the virus.
Every December for almost 30 years, MSK locksmith Vincent “Vinny” Fortunato has dressed up as Santa Claus to spread holiday cheer to patients and their family members.
Damon Reed, MD, has joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) as the inaugural Head of the Division of Pediatric Solid Tumors and as Chief of the Pediatric Sarcoma Service. Dr. Reed is a distinguished oncologist who has dedicated his career to cancer care for children, adolescents, and young adults. A gifted clinician-investigator, he is known for his work in advancing sarcoma clinical research.
Meet MSK Chaplain Yusuf Hasan: “I get a great blessing from sitting at the bedside of the sickest of the sick and making sure to see them as human beings, not just an illness.”
MSK researchers have shown for the first time that the concentration of different types of immune cells in the blood changes in relation to the presence of different bacterial strains in the gut.
Scott W. Lowe, PhD, Chair of the Cancer Biology and Genetics Program at the Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI), Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, and Chair of the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the highest honors bestowed upon scientists worldwide.
Cell biologists are finding surprising overlaps between a particular form of programmed cell death and the process of wound detection.
A new treatment option for people with acute myeloid leukemia is available, and it works in an unconventional way.
The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center sets a new benchmark for sustainability and resiliency in a healthcare facility.
Research from Sloan Kettering Institute immunologists suggests that the body may mount an immune response to respiratory viruses that lasts longer than previously thought. The discovery could impact the timing of COVID-19 vaccinations.