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Charles L. Sawyers has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

… Monday, December 1, 2008 Summary Charles L. Sawyers has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Charles L. Sawyers has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Dr. Sawyers is a nationally recognized physician-scientist who joined

Meet Christopher Jeter, who was diagnosed nearly 10 years ago with lung cancer. He was successfully treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering and now is being closely monitored by experts in MSK's Adult Survivorship Program.

… Monday, June 14, 2021 Getting hit by a bus saved Christopher Jeter’s life. In 2011, when the 54-year-old inventory manager took his brand-new motorcycle for a spin, he collided with a public transit bus. Incredibly, he left the scene mostly unscathed. But doctors in the emergency room near his home in

Conozca a Christopher Jeter, quien fue diagnosticado hace casi 10 años con cáncer pulmonar. Fue tratado con éxito en Memorial Sloan Kettering y ahora está siendo monitoreado de cerca por expertos en el Programa de Sobrevivencia para Adultos de MSK.

… Monday, June 14, 2021 Ser atropellado por un autobús le salvó la vida a Christopher Jeter. En 2011, cuando el gerente de inventario de 54 años salió a probar su motocicleta nueva, chocó con un autobús de transporte público. Increíblemente, salió del accidente casi ileso. Pero los médicos en la sala de

Results from a clinical trial indicate that an experimental CAR therapy for mesothelioma is safe.

… Sunday, March 31, 2019 Summary Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering are investigating ways to develop effective CAR T cell therapies for solid tumors. Results from a clinical trial in people with mesothelioma indicate that an experimental CAR therapy is safe and may provide benefit to patients, especially

Analysis of long-preserved single cells on pathology slides aims to provide new clues about the genes that make breast cancer more aggressive.

… Friday, February 10, 2017 Summary A new technique that enables researchers to study single cells from older samples taken from people with breast cancer is opening the door to new findings about genetic changes that make cancer aggressive. Highlights MSK has an incredible storehouse of tumor samples

Scientists have learned that cutting a T cell’s brakes can have unexpected consequences.

… Monday, June 17, 2019 Summary Scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute have discovered that a particular protein controls whether an immune cell makes braking molecules, such as PD-1. Immune cells lacking this protein behave in an unexpected way. The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went

Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today published a seminal review of the rapidly evolving field of precision oncology, which allows doctors to recommend therapies based on a genetic understanding of a person’s cancer. Appearing in the special cancer-focused February 9 issue of Cell, the article — “Implementing Genome-Driven Oncology” — presents a critically self-reflective but solutions-focused perspective on this approach to cancer treatment.

… Thursday, February 9, 2017 Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today published a seminal review of the rapidly evolving field of precision oncology, which allows doctors to recommend therapies based on a genetic understanding of a person’s cancer. Appearing in the special cancer-focused

Thanks to a second opinion and minimally invasive surgery at MSK to remove tongue cancer, Karren Tyler is back home in Charlottesville, Virginia, cancer free and focused on giving back to other cancer patients.

… Monday, November 24, 2025 When Karren Tyler noticed a spot on the back of her tongue last year, she had it checked out by a doctor near her home in Charlottesville, Virginia, who told her it was probably nothing to worry about. But a week after having the spot removed and biopsied, Karren learned she

After developing a noninvasive nanosensor to detect the progression of fatty liver disease in mice, researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute have determined that there is a long-term effect on liver macrophages from eating a high-fat and high-sugar diet, even after switching back to a normal diet.

… Friday, October 12, 2018 Bottom Line: After developing a noninvasive nanosensor to detect the progression of fatty liver disease in mice, researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute have determined that there is a long-term effect on liver macrophages from eating a high-fat and high-sugar diet, even

Learn how a heralded clinical trial for rectal cancer led to Dr. Andrea Cercek of MSK meeting the 4-day-old newborn of her patient, who feared she could not get pregnant.

… Tuesday, November 7, 2023 “Would you like to hold my baby?” Kelly Spill’s question to  Andrea Cercek, MD , is a familiar one from any proud par­ent. But as they sat together surrounded by Kelly’s family on her porch in southern New Jersey, that simple question took on a much more poignant meaning. As