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Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a rare cancer in adults, but it is the most common form of leukemia in children. Read more about what doctors at MSK are looking for when they diagnose ALL.

… Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a rare cancer. It affects about 3,000 adults in the United States each year. The incidence of the disease increases with age. It is less common among women and African Americans. Could CAR T-Cell Therapy Be a Cure for Some Cancers? Discover the revolutionary potential

La leucemia linfocítica aguda (LLA) es un cáncer poco común en los adultos, pero es la forma más común de leucemia en los niños. Lea más sobre lo que buscan los médicos de MSK cuando diagnostican LLA.

… La leucemia linfocítica aguda (LLA) es un cáncer poco común. Afecta a aproximadamente 3000 adultos en los Estados Unidos cada año. La incidencia de la enfermedad aumenta con la edad. Es menos frecuente entre mujeres y personas afroamericanas. En los niños, sin embargo, la leucemia linfocítica aguda es

Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer that affects your bone marrow.

… Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer that affects your bone marrow. Multiple myeloma (MUL-tih-pul MY-eh-LOH-muh) is a rare cancer. There only are about 35,000 cases in the United States each year. Multiple myeloma is a disease that cannot be cured. But it can be managed for many years with the right care

Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) has a special program for people who have benign (not cancer) pancreatic cysts or precancerous lesions. Our Pancreatic Cyst Surveillance Program is among the largest of its kind in the United States.

… Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) has a special program for people who have benign (not cancer) pancreatic cysts or precancerous lesions. Our Pancreatic Cyst Surveillance Program is among the largest of its kind in the United States. For almost 30 years, our experts have safely monitored more than 5,000

We're innovators in using radiation therapy to treat and cure prostate cancer. Learn more about common treatment approaches at MSK, such as brachytherapy and IMRT.

… Radiation therapy uses high-energy beams or radioactive seeds to kill tumors. The most common types we use for prostate cancer are: Brachytherapy Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) Hypofractionated radiation therapy ( MSK Precise® ) Proton therapy Everyone’s prostate cancer is different. The

Somos innovadores en el uso de la radioterapia para tratar y curar el cáncer de próstata. Obtenga más información sobre los enfoques de tratamiento comunes en MSK, como la braquiterapia y la IMRT.

… La radioterapia utiliza haces de alta energía o semillas radiactivas para destruir los tumores. Los tipos más comunes que usamos para el cáncer de próstata son: Braquirradioterapia Radioterapia de intensidad modulada (IMRT) Radioterapia hipofraccionada ( MSK Precise® ) Terapia de protones El cáncer de

In a stem cell transplant — also called a bone marrow transplant — blood-forming stem cells are replaced by infusing new, healthy cells into the bloodstream. Read more about this treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

… A stem cell transplant can be a good treatment for multiple myeloma. A successful transplant gives someone with multiple myeloma new, healthy bone marrow. It replaces the bone marrow harmed by myeloma cells. Hematopoietic (hee-MA-toh-poy-EH-tik) stem cells (usually just called stem cells) grow into all

Learn about symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of acromegaly, a condition that arises when a pituitary tumor secretes growth hormone.

… Acromegaly (called gigantism in children) is a rare condition in which the whole body or parts of the body, particularly the hands and feet, grow larger than normal. More than 95 percent of all cases of acromegaly are the result of a growth hormone–secreting pituitary adenoma. Growth hormone–secreting

Learn more about myelodysplastic syndrome and how our team of experts at Memorial Sloan Kettering treats it.

… Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), also known as preleukemia, is another type of acquired bone marrow failure syndrome. It is most often diagnosed in adults but can develop in children and young adults after aplastic anemia or certain cancer treatments . In people with MDS, the bone marrow makes fewer red