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Find out how we’re committed to supporting you in every way we can — physically, emotionally, spiritually, and otherwise — for as long as you need us.
… 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 When endometrial (uterine) cancer is discovered in its earliest, most treatable
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Our experts diagnose pediatric lymphomas by removing a portion of the tumor and examining it under a microscope. Learn more at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
… How is lymphoma diagnosed? The most-effective treatment starts with an accurate diagnosis. And the sooner treatment starts, the better chance your child will have of beating cancer. At MSK Kids, we have an efficient and thorough approach to diagnosing lymphoma. First, your child will have a biopsy. For
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Use our online nomogram to calculate prognosis after surgery for gastric carcinoma. Results can help physicians and patients make important treatment decisions.
… Our gastric carcinoma nomogram is an online tool. It can help patients and their doctors predict the results of your surgery for gastric cancer. This nomogram should only be used for people who had complete resection surgery. This surgery removes all tissue that has cancer. This tool can predict the
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MSK’s team of specialists will shape a treatment approach that makes sense for you. Learn more about our mesothelioma experts.
… Mesothelioma is a complicated illness. Because the number of patients we see in a year is among the highest in the United States, our doctors, surgeons and other experts have a very high level of familiarity and expertise in diagnosing and treating pleural mesothelioma, peritoneal mesothelioma, and other
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Incidentalomas are a type of adrenal tumor, which are usually benign. The most common symptom is high blood pressure.
… This term is used to refer to tumors that are found unexpectedly during diagnostic testing for unrelated reasons, which happens often. Each year, CT or MRI scans of the abdomen reveal small adrenal cortex tumors in about 5 percent of people over age 50. While most incidentalomas are benign, a small percentage
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Explore the many ways that MSK can help you physically, emotionally, spiritually, and otherwise once treatment for gallbladder cancer ends.
… At Memorial Sloan Kettering, we know that even after you’ve finished gallbladder cancer treatments, you may still need our help. We’re committed to supporting you in every way we can — physically, emotionally, spiritually, and otherwise — for as long as you need us. We’ve built a program designed for
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MSK is a major research institution. During your treatment for multiple myeloma, your care team may ask if you want to join a clinical trial.
… MSK is a major research institution. During your treatment for multiple myeloma, your care team may ask if you want to join a clinical trial. What is a clinical trial? Clinical trials are research studies that test new treatments, procedures, or devices to see how well they work. They are an important
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Male breast cancer is rare, but our researchers are conducting research aimed specifically at treating men with this disease.
… Historically, treatment for male breast cancer has been adapted from what we learn about research looking at breast cancer in women. But thanks in part to new studies that have found molecular differences between breast cancers in men and women, our clinical investigators are beginning to study the unique
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Use our online nomogram to calculate the risk of cancer recurrence following surgery for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Results can help physicians and patients make important treatment decisions.
… Our gastrointestinal stromal tumor nomogram is an online tool that can be used to predict the chance that patients will survive without their cancer returning after receiving surgery alone, without receiving post-surgery chemotherapy. Who Can Use This Tool? This nomogram was designed to be used by physicians