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A five-year study has found that adding daratumumab (D) to the current standard-of-care triplet therapy bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (VRd) produced deeper and more durable minimal residual disease (MRD) responses compared to VRd alone in patients with newly diagnosed, transplant-ineligible multiple myeloma.
… Monday, February 17, 2025 UPDATE January 27, 2026: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the quadruplet therapy daratamumab and hyaluronidase-fihj (Darzalex Faspro) in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (D-VRd) for the treatment of adult patients with newly
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) will further enhance its ability to offer top cancer care to even more patients with the establishment of a freestanding, state-of-the-art outpatient treatment center in Bergen County, New Jersey. Residents from communities across northern New Jersey and southern New York State will have easier access to MSK’s unique expertise when MSK Bergen becomes fully operational in winter 2017.
… Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) will further enhance its ability to offer top cancer care to even more patients with the establishment of a freestanding, state-of-the-art outpatient treatment center in Bergen County, New Jersey. Residents from communities across northern
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Could an implantable IUD help detect cancer early, when it is most curable? Scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute are betting yes.
… Tuesday, September 21, 2021 Imagine a device like an Apple Watch that could detect cancer in its earliest stages. The device would communicate with a tiny nanosensor, implanted in your body, that screens for the presence of cancer-associated markers. If any are detected, the sensor sends a signal to
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and the Robbins Family Foundation proudly announce that eight distinguished MSK nurses and one nursing team were honored with the 2024 Robbins Family Award for Nursing Excellence. The awards coincide with National Nurses Week (May 6 – 12).
… Friday, May 10, 2024 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and the Robbins Family Foundation proudly announce that eight distinguished MSK nurses and one nursing team were honored with the 2024 Robbins Family Award for Nursing Excellence. The awards coincide with National Nurses Week (May 6 –
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces the following awards and appointments.
… Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces the following awards and appointments: Selwyn Vickers Elected to the Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS , President and CEO, was elected to the Fellows of the American
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Read up on the latest developments in several key areas of cancer research, including genomic mapping, disease modeling through CRISPR, CAR T therapy, and cancer stem cells.
… Monday, April 16, 2018 Summary Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers are featured in more than 150 abstracts and events at this year’s American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting. Their scientific contributions are advancing understanding of all types of cancer. Memorial Sloan Kettering scientists
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Read why MSK’s medical team is the best in the nation at treating gynecologic cancers.
… Tuesday, July 30, 2019 Summary Learn why our specialists are among the best in the world at treating cervical cancer , uterine (endometrial) cancer , and ovarian cancer . In its 2019–2020 listing of the nation’s best hospitals, U.S. News & World Report ranks Memorial Sloan Kettering as number one for
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Two new therapy options have demonstrated significant advances in survival outcomes for select patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast cancer. Both studies were presented today at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
… Saturday, May 31, 2025 Two new therapy options have demonstrated significant advances in survival outcomes for select patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast cancer. Both studies were presented today at the 2025 ASCO Annual
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New MSK research identifies a rare cell population responsible for AML persistence and resistance to therapy; sheds new light on early brain development; and investigates how other health conditions can increase cancer risk in midlife. MSK clinical trials also supported the recent approval of the targeted drug larotrectinib by the FDA.
… Wednesday, April 23, 2025 New research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) identifies a rare cell population responsible for AML persistence and resistance to therapy; sheds new light on early brain development; and investigates how other health conditions can increase cancer risk in midlife
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Twelve students have successfully defended their dissertations and will receive their PhD degrees at Commencement on May 14.
… Thursday, May 8, 2014 Twelve students at the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences have successfully defended their dissertations. As part of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s 35th annual academic convocation on May 14, Gerstner Sloan Kettering will award PhD degrees to Minna Balbas,