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Learn about all of the different neuroblastoma treatment options and pioneering therapies available to you at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

… Once we know the stage of your child’s neuroblastoma, we’ll speak with you about the best treatments. At MSK Kids, your child has access to every type of neuroblastoma treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapies with antibodies, cancer vaccines, T-cells and NK-cells

Brain metastases (secondary brain cancer) is when cancer spreads to the brain from another part of the body. Learn more about symptoms and treatment at MSK.

… What is Brain Metastases? Brain metastases, or metastatic brain cancer, is when cancer spreads to the brain from another part of the body. Also known as secondary brain cancer, it’s much more common than primary brain cancer , which starts in the brain.  Because brain metastases is hard to treat, MSK

Learn more about neurofibromatosis symptoms and diagnosis and discover how MSK is providing treatment for people with this genetic condition.

… What are neurofibromatosis and schwannomatosis? Neurofibromatosis (NOOR-oh-FY-broh-muh-TOH-sis) and schwannomatosis (shwah-NOH-muh-TOH-sis) are rare genetic conditions. They make it more likely you will get tumors. Many of these tumors are not cancer. But they can harm you. These tumors can make you

Explore how we use chemotherapy, including hepatic arterial infusion therapy, to treat primary liver cancer.

… Chemotherapy uses chemical substances to destroy cancer cells wherever they are in the body. Depending on your particular situation, we may recommend chemotherapy before surgery to help shrink your liver tumor. This is called adjuvant therapy . Chemotherapy can also help in lowering the risk that the

Learn how our doctors combine their expertise with state-of-the-art treatments for people with metastatic brain tumors.

… To create your treatment plan, our experts assess the number and location of tumors and your overall health. We may recommend surgery ,  radiation , or a combination to treat your disease. Most brain metastases do not get better with chemotherapy, so we rarely recommend it. Your Treatment Plan Before

Memorial Sloan Kettering is home to pathologists, oncologists, surgeons, and other physicians who specialize in diagnosing gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors accurately and developing a personalized treatment plan for each patient.

… At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, our doctors are working to improve the understanding and treatment of neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal system. Neuroendocrine tumors act quite differently — and, as a result, are managed differently — than other types of tumors. Making an accurate

Discover how Memorial Sloan Kettering doctors can in many cases diagnose, stage, and remove a uterine sarcoma tumor in one operation.

… Surgery is an important part of treatment for uterine sarcomas. It helps provide a diagnosis as well as removes the cancer. Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeons are some of the most experienced in the world in removing uterine sarcomas. Our team of uterine cancer experts from different areas considers the

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is treated differently than other forms of acute myeloid leukemia. Learn about how experts at MSK treat this type of blood cancer.

… Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is treated differently than other forms of acute myeloid leukemia . Many people with APL are first treated with a drug called all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA), also called tretinoin (Vesanoid®). ATRA is given in combination with another drug called arsenic trioxide (Trisenox

Memorial Sloan Kettering offers a vast network of support programs to help children and families with a pediatric leukemia diagnosis. Learn more at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

… At Memorial Sloan Kettering, we understand that it can be overwhelming for a child and family to live with cancer or related diseases. Our experts are skilled in identifying and responding to the various symptoms and possible side effects associated with treatment , including the social and psychological

With radical orchiectomy surgeons remove the tumor along with the testicle.

… Orchiectomy  (or-kee-EK-toh-mee) is surgery to remove 1 or both of your testicles.   We often recommend a   radical orchiectomy . This surgery removes the tumor, a testicle, and spermatic cord.  A radical  orchiectomy  is an outpatient procedure. You go home the same day and do not stay in the hospital