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Brain Tumor Center
… Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Neurosurgeon Mark Bilsky , received the Willet F. Whitmore Award for Clinical Excellence at the 2014 Academic Convocation ceremony and Commencement for students from the Louis V. Gerstner Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. The annual award is presented to a clinician whose
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Human papillomavirus (HPV)–associated oropharyngeal cancer is on the rise, but at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, we have updated our standard of care to substantially reduce the radiation dose to elective regions.
… Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Human papillomavirus (HPV)–associated oropharyngeal cancer is on the rise, but at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, we have updated our standard of care to substantially reduce the radiation dose to elective regions. In our paper, published recently in the journal Practical
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MSK gastroenterologist Robin Mendelsohn weighs in on the possible benefits and drawbacks of using aspirin to reduce the risk of colon and rectal cancer.
… Tuesday, March 21, 2017 Summary In this Q&A, MSK gastroenterologist Robin Mendelsohn weighs in on the possible benefits and drawbacks of using aspirin to reduce the risk of colon cancer and rectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States for both men and women, excluding
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is the first academic research institution worldwide to join a major global initiative focused on revolutionizing clinical trial administration.
… Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is the first academic research institution worldwide to join a major global initiative focused on revolutionizing clinical trial administration. The i-HD eSource Scale Up Task Force, led by the European Institute for Innovation through
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Sloan Kettering Institute Structural Biology Program Chair Dr. Christopher Lima was elected to the 2025 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows.
… Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Christopher D. Lima, PhD , Chair of the Structural Biology Program at the Sloan Kettering Institute and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator was named a 2025 Honorary Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science — one of the world’s largest scientific
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Uterine-preserving surgery results in excellent and similar five-year disease-specific survival compared to hysterectomy in young women with stage IB1 cervical cancer.
… Monday, January 14, 2019 Uterine-preserving surgery results in excellent and similar five-year disease-specific survival compared to hysterectomy in young women with stage IB1 cervical cancer , especially in women with smaller tumors, according to our recent research. The retrospective study is one of
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Treatment with chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy should proceed in patients with B cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas and B cell acute lymphocytic leukemia, despite Covid-19 according to the CAR T Cell Consortium, a collaboration of investigators from eight U.S. academic institutions.
… Monday, May 11, 2020 Treatment with chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy should proceed in patients with B cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas and B cell acute lymphocytic leukemia, despite the challenges of Covid-19, according to the CAR T Cell Consortium, a collaboration of investigators from eight U.S.
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Our review summarizes recent developments in treatment planning and delivery, existing clinical evidence, and ongoing prospective trials in major head and neck cancers that may further increase the therapeutic window of proton therapy for patients with head and neck cancer.
… Tuesday, October 13, 2020 Proton beam radiation has distinct tissue-sparing advantages over conventional photon-based radiation, making it especially beneficial for treating localized head and neck cancers, which typically have complex anatomy and are located near vital organs. We recently published
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MSK's Neil Iyengar will present at the American Association for Cancer Research special conference about the risk of invasive breast cancer. A new study found that the risk of invasive breast cancer is increased in postmenopausal women with a normal body mass index (BMI) but higher levels of body fat. These findings suggest that having a normal BMI can provide false reassurance regarding the risk of breast cancer associated with body fat, and they also highlight the potential role of physical activity and exercise even in those who are at a normal weight. For expert interviews, please contact Nicole H. McNamara at [email protected].
… Friday, January 26, 2018 Bottom Line: The risk of invasive breast cancer is increased in postmenopausal women with a normal body mass index (BMI) but higher levels of body fat, meaning that a large portion of the population has an unrecognized risk of developing cancer. In addition, a lower level of
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Meet Ruben Escobar, an MSK security guard who values his family members, friends, and colleagues who have helped him get through life’s pivots and challenges.
… Thursday, September 23, 2021 Relationships mean everything to Ruben Escobar, a security guard at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He values his family members, friends, and colleagues who have helped him get through life’s pivots and challenges. “Growing up in the South Bronx, we all looked after