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Our specialists are among the most experienced in the world in caring for people with brain tumors. Learn more about our approach.
… Every person who comes to Memorial Sloan Kettering for treatment of a brain tumor receives compassionate, personalized care from our expert disease management team. Your team will include doctors, nurses, and other experts whose sole focus is tumors arising in the brain. How We Care for You Our patients
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Learn more about the many organizations that help cancer survivors who are blind or visually impaired at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
… Many organizations offer information and services for cancer survivors who are blind or visually impaired. Learn more about these resources with this list, which was put together with support from the Leo Rosner Foundation. Informational Resources The following links can be gateways to information and
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Find out more about the diagnostic tests that can look for the presence of central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma.
… People who develop symptoms that suggest they may have central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma may have one or more of the following diagnostic tests: An MRI of the brain so doctors can see where the cancer is located. On an MRI, CNS lymphoma in the brain may appear as a single tumor or more than one.
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This information is about the Gastric Cancer Precursor Lesion Registry at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK). We’ll explain what it is, and why we invite you to join.
… About the Gastric Cancer Precursor Lesion Registry MSK is researching what causes gastric cancer in people who have risk factors for this cancer. A risk factor is anything that raises your chances of getting a disease. A precursor (pree-KER-ser) means something that is not yet cancer but can become cancer
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Find out how MSK specialists can help you stay healthy and manage any side effects from treatment for uterine sarcomas.
… At Memorial Sloan Kettering, it’s one of our priorities to continue to check in with you once your active treatments are over. We want to be sure you’re healing well and managing any side effects, and to watch for any signs that your cancer is returning. As part of our medical follow-up care for uterine
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Salivary Gland Cancer
Meet Memorial Sloan Kettering’s renowned team of salivary gland tumor doctors, surgeons and other experts who specialize in diagnosing, treating and caring for patients with salivary gland cancer.
… Memorial Sloan Kettering is home to a multidisciplinary team of compassionate doctors and other experts who specialize in treating salivary gland cancer. The team includes head and neck surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals
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Treatment for bone cancer depends on the type, location, and size of the tumor. Learn about surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy for bone cancer.
… Every person who comes to Memorial Sloan Kettering for bone cancer treatment receives compassionate, personalized care. Your team will include doctors, nurses, and other experts whose sole focus is bone cancer. Specialists from all areas of bone cancer care — including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Learn about and meet Memorial Sloan Kettering squamous cell carcinoma doctors, surgeons and other experts who provide comprehensive care at multiple locations for people with squamous cell carcinoma and other skin cancers.
… Memorial Sloan Kettering provides comprehensive care for people with squamous cell carcinoma and other skin cancers. Your team will include squamous cell carcinoma doctors, surgeons and other specialists from all fields involved in the treatment of skin cancer. This ensures that you can be confident
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To destroy any tumor cells that might remain after surgery for ovarian cancer, we often recommend that women receive chemotherapy or targeted therapy. Learn more.
… Chemotherapy is usually the first treatment for most women with ovarian cancer. Chemotherapy works by interrupting the growth of cancer cells. It is given either to shrink cancer cells before surgery, or to destroy any tumor cells that might be left behind after surgery. Usually chemotherapy is injected
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Learn about the signs and symptoms of thyroid cancer. Some thyroid cancer symptoms include small, painless lumps in the front of the neck, hoarseness, and trouble swallowing.
… Many people with thyroid cancer don’t have any signs or symptoms of the disease. One symptom of thyroid cancer may be small, painless lumps or swellings called nodules in the front of the neck. Other symptoms can include: hoarseness trouble swallowing breathing problems pain in the throat or neck that