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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced the following awards and appointments:

… Thursday, October 3, 2024 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced the following awards and appointments:   Yasmin Khakoo Received the 2024 American Medical Women’s Association INSPIRE Award and Elected to the Child Neurology Society Board of Directors Yasmin Khakoo, MD, FAAN, FACS

Learn why medical oncologist Ghassan Abou-Alfa counsels his patients with liver cancer to stop drinking.

… Wednesday, December 23, 2015 Summary Many people with primary liver cancer wonder if it’s safe to keep drinking alcohol. The fact is that alcohol is toxic to liver cells and consuming alcohol can accelerate liver damage with sometimes fatal consequences in people with this cancer. In addition, treatment

Inheriting a mutation in the CDH1 gene can raise risk of a rare stomach cancer called hereditary diffuse gastric cancer.

… Thursday, July 22, 2021 Stomach (gastric) cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the world today. About 10% of these cancers are due to a genetic mutation inherited from a parent. One specific mutation, called CDH1 , puts a person at very high risk for a rare but lethal form of stomach

Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have found a naturally occurring compound that can destroy cancer cells in mice by targeting MYC, a cancer-causing gene that has remained elusive until now.

… Monday, July 28, 2014 Summary Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have found a naturally occurring compound that can destroy cancer cells in mice by targeting MYC , a cancer-causing gene that has remained elusive until now. Many of the most effective cancer therapies available today have been developed

Researchers learn how prostate cancer cells change their type to survive treatment.

… Friday, September 2, 2022 Cancer cells are adept at developing ways to evade treatments. For example, prostate cancer prostate cancer becomes resistant to hormone therapy hormone therapy by changing a protein called the androgen receptor (AR), which plays a key role in determining cellular identity.

By identifying mutations found in a person’s cancer, this blood test can help doctors tailor treatments to those most likely to benefit.

… Monday, March 23, 2020 Summary In a study published March 23 , scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering reported that a blood test called a liquid biopsy can identify mutations responsible for resistance to a new class of drugs called PI3K inhibitors. These medicines were recently approved for treating

Scientists have uncovered new information about what orchestrates the complex balance between blood stem cells and mature blood cells, a relationship that is often disrupted in leukemia. The results will lead to a better understanding of the behavior of leukemic cells and may have vital clinical applications for patients recovering from chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or bone marrow transplantation.

… Monday, March 13, 2006 The below press release is from Cancer Cell and is for a study published in the March issue of Cancer Cell. Scientists have uncovered new information about what orchestrates the complex balance between blood stem cells and mature blood cells, a relationship that is often disrupted

Get to know Ashley Chui, a chemical biology graduate student in the Sloan Kettering Institute.

… Monday, March 23, 2020 Summary As part of Women’s History Month, we are profiling some of MSK’s star female graduate students and postdoctoral fellows training to be leaders in their fields. Ashley Chui is a graduate student in the Bachovchin lab  in the Sloan Kettering Institute. When and how did you

Joan Argetsinger Steitz, PhD, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale School of Medicine, will also be honored with the 2021 Honorary Degree and the MSK Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Biomedical Research.

… Wednesday, May 19, 2021 VIDEO | MSK Tassel Turn 2021 MSK Tassel Turn 2021 Video Details During a virtual commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. et, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) will recognize seven Gerstner Sloan Kettering (GSK) 2021 graduates and honor Joan Argetsinger

A low-dose radiation approach could help more patients avoid side effects of treatment for head and neck cancer.

… Thursday, January 20, 2022 Robert Rosenfeld thought the lump he felt in his neck in late 2018 was just a symptom of a cold that wouldn’t go away. He visited an ear, nose, and throat specialist who saw nothing upon first examination, but Robert knew something was wrong and asked for a CT scan. The specialist