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Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy is often given after surgery for early-stage bladder cancer to prevent the cancer from returning. Learn more about this treatment.
… Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (buh-SIH-lus KAL-met-gay-RIN) therapy is a type of immunotherapy that treats bladder tumors. It’s the most common kind of intravesical immunotherapy used to treat early-stage bladder cancer. Intravesical (IN-truh-VEH-sih-kul) is when the drugs go right into your bladder through
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To properly treat spinal tumors, an accurate diagnosis is crucial. Find out how Memorial Sloan Kettering doctors make sure this happens.
… Diagnosing a spine tumor usually starts with a comprehensive medical examination to assess your symptoms. Once your treatment team has a complete diagnostic profile, they’ll customize a plan of care that fits your unique situation. Imaging Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering use advanced imaging technologies
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Learn more about melanoma, including metastatic melanoma and eye (ocular) melanoma, and find out how MSK is improving the outlook for people with these skin cancers.
… Melanoma is a type of cancer that usually begins in the skin. Specifically, it begins in cells called melanocytes. These are cells that produce melanin. Melanin is the pigment that gives skin, hair, and eyes their color. Request an Appointment Call 800-525-2225 We’re available 24 hours a day, 7 days
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Obtenga más información sobre el melanoma, incluido el melanoma metastásico y el melanoma ocular, y descubra cómo MSK está mejorando las perspectivas de las personas con estos tipos de cáncer de piel.
… El melanoma es un tipo de cáncer que suele empezar en la piel. En concreto, comienza en las células llamadas melanocitos. Son células que producen melanina. La melanina es el pigmento que da color a la piel, el cabello y los ojos. Solicite una cita Llame al 800-525-2225 Estamos disponibles las 24 horas
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Discover how we can use radiation therapy to help to control the growth of liver metastases.
… Radiation therapy can help to control the growth of liver metastases. We use this approach primarily for patients when: the cancer can’t be removed with surgery the tumors in the liver are too large for treatment with ablation, a technique done by our interventional radiologists. Your treatment team
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Meet MSK’s multidisciplinary team of specialists — including neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, neuro-endocrinologists — who treat pituitary gland tumors.
… Memorial Sloan Kettering is home to the multidisciplinary Pituitary and Skull Base Tumor Center , which brings together doctors from a range of specialties to provide world-class, comprehensive care to patients who have been diagnosed with pituitary, parasellar, paranasal sinus, and other skull base
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Find up-to-date information about liver metastases (secondary liver cancer) and learn about Memorial Sloan Kettering’s advances in diagnosis and treatment.
… Liver metastases are cancerous tumors that have spread ( metastasized ) to the liver from another part of the body. These tumors can appear shortly after the original tumor develops, or even months or years later. Request an Appointment Call 800-525-2225 We’re available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
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Find a listing of clinical trials for AIDS-associated cancers that are currently enrolling new patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
… If you are eligible to participate in a clinical trial, you may have access to new therapies that are not yet widely available. Clinical trials are research studies that evaluate the safety and effectiveness of new ways to diagnose and treat cancer. These studies can also help doctors compare the effectiveness
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Our specialized doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals provide compassionate, innovative care for bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma). Each one is an expert in the disease.
… At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, patients with gallbladder and bile duct cancer are treated by a multidisciplinary team of doctors who specialize in treating these cancers. Our team includes surgeons, gastroenterologists, radiologists, interventional radiologists, pathologists, medical oncologists
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Learn how our doctors combine their expertise with state-of-the-art treatments for people with spinal tumors.
… Advances in technology and new therapeutic techniques, including several developed by doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering, have dramatically improved the safety and effectiveness of spine tumor treatment. All of these developments ultimately lead back to you — you deserve the most effective spine tumor