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Meghan Winston chose Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to surgically remove her stomach—called a total gastrectomy—to protect against a deadly form of stomach cancer caused by a rare mutation in the CDH1 gene.

… Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Meghan and Ryan Meghan Winston (right) with her fiancée Ryan Ferri. Meghan’s stomach was surgically removed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, to prevent the high risk she would develop a deadly stomach cancer due to a rare genetic mutation called CDH1. “I was scared

According to a large-scale genomic analysis of the most common and aggressive type of ovarian cancer, researchers from Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center and other centers within The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project identified genetic mutations and pathways that distinctly set the disease apart not only from other types of ovarian cancer, but from other solid tumors as well.

… Wednesday, June 29, 2011 According to a large-scale genomic analysis of the most common and aggressive type of ovarian cancer , researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and other centers within The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project identified genetic mutations and pathways that distinctly

Find answers about rectal bleeding, including hemorrhoids and cancer, from an MSK specialist.

… Wednesday, March 4, 2026 If you notice blood in your stool or when you wipe, it’s natural to feel worried — and maybe a little embarrassed to tell anyone, even your doctor. But it’s important to recognize when something isn’t right and to know when you should speak to a healthcare provider.  “Talking

Learn how to organize your medical records once and for all.

… Friday, January 31, 2025 Summary Making the decision to sort that pile of papers on your desk is an accomplishment in and of itself. Two experts who know the ins and outs of medical records share their best tips for cataloging it all. Organizing can be onerous, but the payoffs are powerful. Less clutter

Read about a first-of-its kind PhD program that enables aspiring scientists to tackle tough cancer problems.

… Monday, June 10, 2024 It’s the power of serendipity. In science, great ideas often come from chance encounters between two experts from different worlds. That’s what happened one afternoon a few years ago in the lobby of the Zuckerman Research Center , the 23-story home to lab researchers at Memorial

Learn how one man's determination to be a doctor took him on an incredible journey from working at a car wash in the Bronx to becoming a physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, with the help of mentors and a world-class work ethic.

… Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Man in surgical scrubs looks at reader Aymar Borel Soh Fotso (Dr. Soh) is an anesthesiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Scroll right for more photos » Borel Soh, Louis Voigt, and Kathryn Martin Dr. Soh (left) at a gala with two of his MSK mentors, Louis Voigt

Gerstner Sloan Kettering student Jessica Rios-Esteves has been awarded the Chairman’s Prize for her first-author paper published in Cell Reports in 2013.

… Wednesday, August 13, 2014 Gerstner Sloan Kettering student Jessica Rios-Esteves has been awarded the Chairman’s Prize for her first-author paper Stearoyl CoA Desaturase Is  Required to Produce Active, Lipid-Modified Wnt Proteins , published in Cell Reports in 2013. Jessica successfully defended her

Learn more about how MSK helps international patients like Annabel Gutherz, a 25-year-old singer from Montreal who sought MSK's expertise in head and neck cancer and found comfort and support far from home.

… Monday, April 7, 2025 There are good reasons for optimism today when the diagnosis is thyroid cancer. At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), most  thyroid cancer treatments — which can include surgery, drugs, or both — are successful, and the overall  survival rates are more than 95%. But when

Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have discovered that the AR and PI3K disease pathways regulate each other through reciprocal negative feedback.

… Friday, July 1, 2011 Summary Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have discovered that the AR and PI3K disease pathways regulate each other through reciprocal negative feedback. Prostate cancer is difficult to control once it spreads beyond the initial tumor to other parts of the body. The standard treatment

Detecting a protein in a blood sample could help doctors make treatment decisions for prostate cancer patients.

… Friday, June 29, 2018 Summary A study shows that a blood test that detects a protein called AR-V7 in circulating tumor cells accurately predicts how well certain people with prostate cancer will respond to drugs called AR inhibitors. Doctors can use this test to make decisions about whether these patients