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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces its most recent awards and appointments for the institution’s physicians, scientists, nurses, and staff.

… Friday, January 22, 2021 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces the following awards and appointments: Craig B. Thompson Named to City and State’s 2021 Health Power 100 List Craig B. Thompson, MD Craig Thompson, MD, President and CEO of MSK, has been named to the  2021  City & State’s

Pediatric oncologist Scott A. Armstrong has been named the incumbent of the Grayer Family Chair, and stem cell biologist Kitai Kim has been named to a Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair.

… Thursday, November 1, 2012 Summary Pediatric oncologist Scott A. Armstrong has been named the incumbent of the Grayer Family Chair, and stem cell biologist Kitai Kim has been named to a Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair. Pediatric oncologist Scott A. Armstrong has been named the incumbent of the Grayer

Campaign — inspired by Matthew Heineman’s new documentary, ‘American Symphony,’ featuring Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad — aims to bridge the blood stem cell and marrow donor gap and give hope to patients in need.

… Wednesday, November 29, 2023 Campaign — Inspired by Matthew Heineman’s New Documentary, ‘American Symphony,’ Featuring Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad — Aims To Bridge the Blood Stem Cell and Marrow Donor Gap and Give Hope to Patients in Need Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and  NMDP/Be The

A multi-institutional study led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) shows that patients whose colorectal cancer has spread to the liver and who received chemotherapy directly to the liver through a pump in the abdomen (an approach called Hepatic Arterial Infusion or HAI) fare better than those who received systemic (intravenously administered) chemotherapy.

… Monday, February 27, 2006 A multi-institutional study led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) shows that patients whose colorectal cancer has spread to the liver and who received chemotherapy directly to the liver through a pump in the abdomen (an approach called Hepatic Arterial Infusion

Almost three-fourths of pediatric cancer survivors will have a chronic health problem within 30 years after the cancer diagnosis, with 40 percent experiencing a serious, life-threatening, disabling, or fatal condition, according to investigators from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and other institutions.

… Wednesday, October 11, 2006 Almost three-fourths of pediatric cancer survivors will have a chronic health problem within 30 years after the cancer diagnosis, with 40 percent experiencing a serious, life-threatening, disabling, or fatal condition, according to investigators from Memorial Sloan Kettering

A team of researchers led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and collaborators at Emory University are shedding new light on deadly fungal infections that develop in bone marrow transplant patients.

… Friday, August 2, 2024 A team of researchers led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and collaborators at Emory University are shedding new light on deadly fungal infections that develop in bone marrow transplant patients. Invasive fungal infections represent a major cause of infectious illness

Research has shown that quitting tobacco use immediately improves health and that tobacco treatment programs make it easier to quit than going it alone.

… Thursday, October 3, 2024 Smoking cigarettes is known to cause at least 12 different types of cancer — not only  lung cancer and  head and neck cancers , but cancers of the  esophagus ,  pancreas ,  bladder ,  colon ,  rectum ,  cervix , and more. Research has shown that quitting tobacco use immediately

La investigación ha demostrado que dejar el consumo de tabaco mejora la salud de inmediato y que los programas de tratamiento del tabaquismo facilitan dejarlo más que intentarlo por su cuenta.

… Thursday, October 3, 2024 Se sabe que fumar cigarrillos causa al menos 12 tipos diferentes de cáncer, no solo  cáncer pulmonar y de  cabeza y cuello , sino también cáncer de  esófago ,  páncreas ,  vejiga ,  colon ,  recto ,  cuello uterino , entre otros. La investigación ha demostrado que dejar el consumo

Symantha Wilson was crushed when chemotherapy quit fighting her lymphoma — and thrilled when immuno¬therapy beat back the cancer. But why doesn’t immunotherapy help more people? MSK researchers are finding answers.

… Friday, April 1, 2022 Symantha Wilson knows she is one of the lucky ones. The 26-year-old Long Island resident was nearing the end of a six-month chemotherapy regimen for stage 2 Hodgkin lymphoma last June. The treatment had been very effective, wiping out most of the cancer cells. But with just over

More sugar available for immune cells could mean better immune responses against cancer.

… Monday, February 15, 2021 Summary New research from Memorial Sloan Kettering scientists suggests that a way to improve immunotherapy is by altering immune cells’ access to sugar. Cancer cells and immune cells share something in common: They both love sugar. Sugar is an important nutrient. All cells use