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Los expertos de MSK afirman que el análisis de sangre Shield no es la mejor forma de detectar el cáncer colorrectal y, en su lugar, recomiendan la colonoscopia o un análisis de heces para aquellas personas que no pueden someterse a una colonoscopia.
… Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Solo alrededor de dos tercios de las personas que deberían realizarse una colonoscopia realmente lo hacen. En la búsqueda por mejorar las tasas de detección del cáncer colorrectal, las empresas están desarrollando pruebas menos invasivas. El primer análisis de sangre que
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Jeffrey A. Drebin, MD, PhD, has been named the new Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). Dr. Drebin brings to MSK decades of experience as a world-class surgical oncologist specializing in pancreaticobiliary, upper gastrointestinal and liver surgery. He joins MSK from the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) where he was most recently the John Rhea Barton Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery. Dr. Drebin formally assumes his new role as Peter Scardino, MD, steps down as Chairman after ten years of visionary leadership.
… Monday, February 27, 2017 VIDEO | 01:36 Meet MSK Surgeon Jeffrey Drebin MSK Surgeon Jeffrey Drebin, Chief Physician Executive, is an expert in pancreatic cancer and treating liver tumors. Learn more about surgery at MSK, which has among the country’s largest cancer surgery departments. Video Details
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Three young investigators who have made major accomplishments in cancer research will be the recipients of the 2007 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research and will share a $150,000 award, announced Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC).
… Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Biennial Award Honors Investigators Who Have Made Important Contributions to the Biological Understanding of Cancer Three young investigators who have made major accomplishments in cancer research will be the recipients of the 2007 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research and
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Learn about the experiences and accomplishments of the 2014 Gerstner Sloan Kettering Summer Undergraduate Research Program students during their ten-week course of study.
… Friday, September 12, 2014 Our 2014 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) came to an end on August 8 after a stimulating and successful summer. Twenty-four students were immersed in the scientific community at Memorial Sloan Kettering, strengthening their basic research skills and giving them
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Memorial Sloan Kettering social worker Melissa Stewart has been awarded the Assocation of Oncology Social Work (AOSW)’s Dennis Roth Neuro-Oncology Social Worker of the Year for 2010. She will be honored at the AOSW conference in Phoenix, Arizona on May 2, 2010.
… Thursday, March 25, 2010 Memorial Sloan Kettering social worker Melissa Stewart has been awarded the Assocation of Oncology Social Work (AOSW)’s Dennis Roth Neuro-Oncology Social Worker of the Year for 2010. She will be honored at the AOSW conference in Phoenix, Arizona on May 2, 2010.
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Meet Monika Shah, MD, infectious disease specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
… Friday, April 2, 2021 Monika Shah, MD , infectious disease specialist, Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Medicine, and Chair of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Graduate Medical Education Committee, is everything you’d want in a good friend. She’s warm, compassionate, and easy to talk to — someone
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has announced the appointment of David R. Jones as Chief of the Thoracic Service in the Department of Surgery, and Charles M. Rudin as Chief of the Thoracic Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, in the Department of Medicine.
… Thursday, September 5, 2013 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) has announced the appointment of David R. Jones as Chief of the Thoracic Service in the Department of Surgery, and Charles M. Rudin as Chief of the Thoracic Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, in the Department
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Grief can feel all-consuming, but those intense feelings don’t last forever.
… Wednesday, June 26, 2024 One of life’s most difficult experiences is losing a loved one, and grief doesn’t necessarily follow a straight path through stages that neatly fit into boxes. Though each person’s grief is as unique as their fingerprints, experts have identified some thoughts and feelings common
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Read up on the progress being made in several key areas of cancer research, including immunotherapy, targeted therapy, precision surgery, and epigenetics.
… Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Summary Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers contributed more than 180 abstracts to this year’s ASCO meeting. Their scientific contributions are advancing the treatment options for all types of cancer. The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) wrapped
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MSK physician-scientists presented breakthrough advances in new treatment approaches for several cancer types at the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting.
… Tuesday, June 4, 2024 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) researchers presented breakthrough advances in new treatment approaches for several cancer types at the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting held May 31 to June 4, 2023, in Chicago. Highlights of practice-changing study results in HPV-associated