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Worry and confusion around COVID-19 are common in the general population, but cancer patients are also balancing concern over what the pandemic means for their treatment, prognosis, and vulnerability to the virus.

… Tuesday, May 5, 2020 Worry and confusion around COVID-19 are common in the general population, but cancer patients are also balancing concern over what the pandemic means for their treatment, prognosis, and vulnerability to the virus. Doctors and nurses at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) shared their

A study by Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) recently published in JAMA Oncology showed that radiation dose to the elective regions can be safely de-escalated for patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) who received concurrent chemotherapy.

… Thursday, March 10, 2022 A study by Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) recently published in JAMA Oncology   (1) showed that radiation dose to the elective regions can be safely de-escalated for patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) who received concurrent chemotherapy

Leaders from both institutions announced their collaboration and shared details about what it can mean for people with cancer in the state and throughout the world.

… Wednesday, December 14, 2016 Executives at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Hackensack Meridian Health announce a partnership at a press conference Dr. Sergio Giralt (left), Chief of Memorial Sloan Kettering's Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service and Melvin Berlin Family Chair in Multiple Myeloma, and Dr

Memorial Sloan Kettering investigators hope their new web tool will improve the accessibility of large-scale genome-sequencing information for cancer researchers everywhere, and accelerate research and therapeutic discovery.

… Thursday, June 21, 2012 Summary Memorial Sloan Kettering investigators hope their new web tool will improve the accessibility of large-scale genome-sequencing information for cancer researchers everywhere, and accelerate research and therapeutic discovery. Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering have

Find out what Memorial Sloan Kettering experts recommend when it comes to marijuana, CBD, and other forms of cannabis for cancer.

… Tuesday, June 15, 2021 New York State is the latest to legalize the recreational use of marijuana for adults. We asked Nirupa Raghunathan , an integrative medicine doctor at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and pharmacist Jason Hou, who manages MSK’s About Herbs database, to share what people with cancer should

The new cells, which the scientists have dubbed killer innate-like T cells, differ in several notable ways from the conventional target of many immunotherapies.

… Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Despite the success of immunotherapy in helping many people with cancer, the majority of patients still do not respond to these treatments. There is need for continued research. On April 20, 2022, researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute reported in the journal Nature that

… Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Physician-scientist Ingo Mellinghoff has been designated the incumbent of the Evnin Family Chair in Neuro-Oncology. Established through the generosity of Dr. Tony Evnin, a general partner of venture capital firm Venrock and a member of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Boards of Overseers

Across the United States, there is a disparity in the rate of people who are candidates for a partial nephrectomy — those with small renal tumors — and those who actually have the procedure.

… Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Across the United States, there is a disparity in the rate of people who are candidates for a partial nephrectomy — those with small renal tumors — and those who actually have the procedure. Research shows that this is mainly because the operation is challenging and associated

Researchers identify a biomarker that could predict which lung cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy.

… Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Lung adenocarcinoma, the most common form of  lung cancer  in the United States, can be difficult to cure unless diagnosed at an early stage. Surgery is effective at removing early-stage tumors, but more than half of patients with stage 2 or 3 disease have a recurrence of their

New MSK research uses cryo-electron microscopy to shed new light on the ubiquitin; could help predict the risk of blood clots in cancer patients; reveals why micronuclei burst, accelerating aggressive cancers; and surveys healthcare providers about the benefits and risks of commercial genetic testing.

… Tuesday, September 3, 2024 New research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) uses cryo-electron microscopy to shed new light on the ubiquitin; could help predict the risk of blood clots in cancer patients; reveals why micronuclei burst, accelerating aggressive cancers; and surveys healthcare