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MSK researchers are rethinking the relationship between metabolism and cancer, and finding insights in some unexpected places. Your beer glass, for example.

… Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Summary Scientists have known for 100 years that cancer cells metabolize nutrients in a unique way, though they haven’t understood why. In a new paper, MSK researchers reconsider the evidence and offer an unorthodox explanation, turning some commonsense wisdom on its head. Highlights

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) researchers presented results of their latest research at the 66th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition held in San Diego from December 7 to 10, 2024.

… Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) researchers presented results of their latest research at the 66 th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition held in San Diego from December 7 to 10, 2024. Highlights of practice-changing insights for patients

MSK’s new Robert and Kate Niehaus Center for Inherited Cancer Genomics is using the latest in gene sequencing technologies to discover the inherited causes of cancer.

… Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Summary MSK’s new Robert and Kate Niehaus Center for Inherited Cancer Genomics is using the latest in gene sequencing technologies to discover the inherited causes of cancer. The ultimate goal is to develop new approaches for prevention as well as earlier detection and treatment

On World Cancer Day, MSK Launches Public-Service Announcement ‘Late,’ Emphasizing the Urgency and Power of Routine Cancer Screenings

… Monday, February 5, 2024 Today, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), in collaboration with Miami-based creative agency Alma, launched a bilingual public service campaign to promote the importance of routine cancer screenings. As cancer is the leading cause of death among Hispanic individuals

Read advice from an MSK clinical psychologist about how caregivers of people with cancer can best manage their emotions and life responsibilities.

… Tuesday, February 27, 2024 For family caregivers, one of the major stresses is  advance care planning  — the process of talking about and documenting goals for future healthcare. Since 2012, the Counseling Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has provided individual and family support

Cancers with certain mutations are vulnerable to ferroptosis, a form of iron-dependent cell death.

… Monday, November 23, 2020 Summary Genetic mutations that give cancers a metabolic boost may also leave them vulnerable to drugs that promote a particular form of cell death, Sloan Kettering Institute researchers have found. If there is a silver lining in cancer’s chaotic biology, it’s that the same traits

Learn about some of the exciting research that MSK doctors and scientists presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

… Wednesday, October 1, 2025 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) presented new research on a range of important topics at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), held September 27 to October 1 in San Francisco. The presentations included two clinical trials

Get an inside look into the life of a student from the Gerstner Sloan Kettering (GSK) Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

… Tuesday, November 23, 2021 As a student at the Gerstner Sloan Kettering (GSK) Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, you will join the laboratory of one of more than 130 scientists from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center with expertise in cancer biology, genomics, immunology, structural biology,

Research by a team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has found important new insights into colorectal cancer in Nigeria that have significant implications for treating the disease in West Africa. This research also expands awareness of how different population groups may require different approaches in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

… Wednesday, November 24, 2021 Colorectal cancer is common — and deadly — around the world.   But too often, major population groups are not represented in colorectal cancer research, which focuses mainly on patients in America and Western Europe.   A team of researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer

The Patient and Family Advisory Council for Quality (PFACQ) marks five years of ensuring the patient and family perspective is included in everything MSK does.

… Wednesday, January 1, 2020 In 2014, Kate Niehaus, a former patient active in volunteer work for Memorial Sloan Kettering, was approached by Kent Sepkowitz, an infectious disease specialist and Deputy Physician-in-Chief for Quality and Safety, with a proposal to make MSK’s outstanding cancer care even