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To properly treat rhabdomyosarcoma, a correct diagnosis is crucial. Learn more about how our team of experts can help at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
… An accurate diagnosis is essential to ensure that your child gets the most-effective therapy. Some people come to MSK thinking they have one type of cancer, but they learn through our precision testing that they have a different type of cancer. At MSK Kids, your child benefits from a team of pathologists
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Learn about the two primary prostate cancer screening tests and find out when and how often you should get screened.
… Why Black Men Should Consider Earlier Screening for Prostate Cancer Learn why Black men should be especially mindful of prostate cancer risk. Learn more More cases of prostate cancer are being diagnosed in the United States than ever before. Reasons for this are that increasing numbers of men are being
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Obtenga información sobre las dos pruebas principales de detección del cáncer de próstata y descubra cuándo y con qué frecuencia debe hacerse la prueba.
… Why Black Men Should Consider Earlier Screening for Prostate Cancer Learn why Black men should be especially mindful of prostate cancer risk. Learn more Nunca antes se diagnosticaron tantos casos de cáncer de próstata en los Estados Unidos como en la actualidad. Las razones son que una cantidad cada
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Learn how our experts at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center are finding new ways to treat retinoblastoma. We use chemosurgery and laser therapy, so most children can keep their eyes with good vision.
… The retinoblastoma program at MSK Kids in New York City is the world’s oldest and most successful program for treating this eye cancer. MSK doctors have been curing retinoblastoma in children since the program began in 1914. It’s the only program in the U.S. with space, equipment, nurses, and doctors
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Even after successful treatment, ovarian cancer can recur. MSK has services for you and your loved ones, including support groups, follow-up programs and more.
… VIDEO | 01:52 Learn About MSK's Adult Survivorship Program Dr. Ginger Gardner highlights the expert care people receive after they finish active cancer treatment and move into MSK's Adult Survivorship Program. Video Details At Memorial Sloan Kettering, we know that even after you’ve finished your cancer
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Explore how we use chemotherapy and targeted therapy to treat cancer that has spread beyond the kidney.
… We use different treatments if the kidney cancer has spread through the blood and started new growth in other places. Your care team will talk with you about options for systemic therapy, such as immunotherapy or targeted kidney cancer treatments. Systemic therapy is when medicine is given intravenously
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Memorial Sloan Kettering offers a vast network of support programs to help children and families with a pediatric leukemia diagnosis. Learn more at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
… At Memorial Sloan Kettering, we understand that it can be overwhelming for a child and family to live with cancer or related diseases. Our experts are skilled in identifying and responding to the various symptoms and possible side effects associated with treatment , including the social and psychological
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With radical orchiectomy surgeons remove the tumor along with the testicle.
… Orchiectomy (or-kee-EK-toh-mee) is surgery to remove 1 or both of your testicles. We often recommend a radical orchiectomy . This surgery removes the tumor, a testicle, and spermatic cord. A radical orchiectomy is an outpatient procedure. You go home the same day and do not stay in the hospital
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MSK’s experts are among the most experienced in the nation at treating cancer that started in the gallbladder. Learn about our approach to care.
… Surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or a combination of these may be used treat gallbladder cancer. Depending on the stage of the disease, your MSK care team will determine the most appropriate treatment plan for you. Surgery Surgery is the preferred treatment for gallbladder cancer and offers the best
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Our experts are ready to help with compassionate care and the most-advanced melanoma targeted therapies available. Read about our approach and how we can help.
… The DNA of a melanoma tumor usually contains many mutations. Mutations are changes in the sequence of a person’s DNA that can cause tumors to grow. One approach to melanoma treatment involves the use of drugs (also called therapies) that can target and disable the cells with these mutations. This, in