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Nuestros médicos fueron pioneros en los enfoques convencionales para el tratamiento de la leucemia mieloide crónica y, según la etapa de su enfermedad, pueden recomendar imatinib, nilotinib, dasatinib u otras terapias dirigidas.

… Los avances en el tratamiento de la leucemia mieloide crónica están dando nuevas esperanzas a los pacientes. Nuestros médicos basan su método de tratamiento en una serie de factores, incluida la cantidad de blastos en la médula ósea, cualquier anomalía cromosómica y la salud del paciente en general.

Our medical team and psychosocial team work together to minimize and treat the unavoidable physical side effects of lymphoma therapy, and to reduce the psychological and social impacts that a serious illness can have on a child and family. Learn more at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

… Will my child have side effects? This is one of the most frequent questions we hear from parents and young people starting lymphoma treatment . The short answer is yes: There will be some side effects. The good news is that at MSK Kids, we tailor every child’s care plan to include the most-effective

Learn how doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering perform comprehensive laboratory and imaging tests to determine whether you have multiple myeloma and, if so, whether it requires prompt treatment.

… To get an accurate diagnosis, we must learn the stage and type of multiple myeloma. Then, you and your care team can choose the treatment that’s right for you. MSK doctors use the results of many tests to diagnose multiple myeloma. They learn the stage of the disease and if it has spread. Diagnostic

Amyloidosis (a-muh-loy-DOH-sis) is a group of related diseases. It’s caused by a build-up of proteins that have folded the wrong way. These protein build-ups can happen in tissues and organs, affecting how they work.

… What is amyloidosis? Amyloidosis (a-muh-loy-DOH-sis) is a group of related diseases. It’s caused by a build-up of proteins that have folded the wrong way. These protein build-ups can happen in tissues and organs, affecting how they work. When the protein build-up happens in certain organs, it’s called

Find out what the different stages of salivary gland cancer mean.

… At some point, your doctor will tell you what stage your cancer is. Put simply, the stage describes how widespread or advanced the cancer is. Determining the stage helps doctors explain the extent of the cancer to you. It also helps them determine how to move forward with treatment , including surgery

Find sarcoma clinical trials and research happening now at MSK that may be right to help your child or family.

… Through clinical trials, our medical experts evaluate the safety and effectiveness of new therapies and diagnostic tools. Clinical trials can also help our doctors compare the effectiveness of different aspects of your child’s care, or determine the causes of sarcomas. If your child is eligible to participate

Learn about and meet Memorial Sloan Kettering's team of doctors, surgeons and other cervical cancer experts who will customize a plan of care specifically for you from diagnosis through treatment.

… Our cervical cancer doctors, surgeons and other specialists a bring passion, expertise, and experience to every patient they treat. We’re among the best in the world at treating advanced and recurrent cervical cancer, and we offer unique surgical options that can help protect your ability to have children

If it is unclear where in the body a cancer started, it is called cancer of unknown primary (CUP) or occult primary cancer.

… Cancer can develop anywhere in the body. The organ or part of the body where cancer begins is known as the primary site. Cancer — including cancer that metastasizes, or spreads, to form new tumors elsewhere in the body — is named after the primary site. For example, colon cancer that spreads to the liver

Diagnosing histiocytosis can be challenging because the condition is rare and many doctors are not familiar with its symptoms.

… It can be hard to diagnose histiocytosis. There are many symptoms, and several other health conditions can also cause the same symptoms. It’s also very rare, so many doctors do not know the signs of histiocytosis. For this reason, it can take a long time to get a diagnosis for histiocytosis. MSK has

The surgical procedure your treatment team recommends for you depends in part on how advanced your cancer is.

… The surgical procedure your treatment team recommends for you will depend in part on how advanced the testicular cancer is. This is called the cancer’s  stage . Surgery is the first step in most treatment plans and is the treatment for early-stage testicular cancer. MSK surgeons do more than 200 testicular