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Collaborative team advances a new approach for imaging a drug that’s been developed to stop cancer growth.

… Friday, October 25, 2019 Summary Doctors and scientists from Memorial Sloan Kettering report on an innovative technique for noninvasively watching where a targeted therapy is going in the body. It also allows them to see how much of the drug reaches the tumor. Targeted therapy has become an important

Breast cancer risk varies widely among women who are carriers of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, according to a new study published in the January 9, 2008, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

… Tuesday, January 8, 2008 Breast cancer risk varies widely among women who are carriers of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, according to a new study published in the January 9, 2008, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA ). “Our results underscore the conclusion that there is no

New MSK research examines how diabetes may speed the growth of multiple myeloma; analyzes the increasing number of patients who are benefiting from precision oncology; and highlights the unexpected role of the integrated stress response in response to genomic instability in mitochondrial DNA.

… Thursday, October 19, 2023 New research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) examines how diabetes may speed the growth of multiple myeloma; analyzes the increasing number of patients who are benefiting from precision oncology; and highlights the unexpected role of the integrated stress

… Monday, February 28, 2022 Charles Washington, Senior Director of Hospital Administration in Radiation Oncology, was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. In 1967, when he was in third grade, he watched his neighborhood erupt in violence and looting during the Detroit Riots. Even as a young child, he

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Gerstner Sloan Kettering President Craig Thompson and his wife opened their home for a reception for prospective Gerstner Sloan Kettering students invited for admissions interviews.

… Tuesday, February 1, 2011 A cocktail reception at the home of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Gerstner Sloan Kettering President Craig Thompson and his wife, Tullia Lindsten, gave 42 prospective Gerstner Sloan Kettering students an opportunity to meet current Gerstner Sloan Kettering students

Experience a remarkable portrait of Black history in America through the family story of Dr. Selwyn Vickers, the President and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

… Wednesday, February 1, 2023 In the view of Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS, people join hands across generations, as the past teaches lessons to the present that indelibly shape the future. “For everyone here,” he told the assembled staff of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center after becoming President

A multicenter study led by Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers has answered an important question about the safety of using carbon nanotubes in medicine.

… Friday, October 1, 2010 Summary A multicenter study led by Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers has answered an important question about the safety of using carbon nanotubes in medicine. A multicenter study led by Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers has answered an important question about the safety

Meet Cancer Engineering MD-PhD candidate Brandon Cuevas: “Being able to be a bridge between medicine and research is such a privilege, one that not many places can offer.”

… Friday, June 6, 2025 Brandon Cuevas was just a sophomore in high school when he set his sights on becoming a physician-scientist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). “My aunt was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer,” says Brandon, who grew up in and around New York City. “It was the first

Dr. Hedvig Hricak is leading an international commission calling for a global strategy on improving access to more effective cancer care.

… Thursday, March 4, 2021 An international Commission of nuclear medicine and medical imaging experts led by Dr. Hedvig Hricak , Chair of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Department of Radiology, recently released data from the first ever report that quantified imaging and nuclear medicine resources worldwide

During meiosis, small chromosomes risk being lost in the shuffle. Here’s how they hold their own.

… Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Summary Scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute have solved the puzzle of how small chromosomes ensure that they aren’t skipped over during meiosis, the process that makes sperm and egg. From avocado plants to baker’s yeast, humans to zebras, sexually reproducing organisms