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Thymoma & Other Thymic Tumors
Learn about active thymoma and thymic tumor clinical trials happening now at Memorial Sloan Kettering, where you may have access to treatments before they’re available elsewhere.
… Currently, Memorial Sloan Kettering offers the only clinical trial worldwide for people with an advanced but potentially operable thymoma. The trial is part of the effort by our Thymoma Working Group to establish diagnosis and treatment standards for these cancers as well as for thymic tumors and thymic
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… Interventional radiology uses imaging to see inside the body, along with minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat cancer. Interventional radiology also may be used to relieve symptoms. Doctors use tools such as catheters (thin tubes) and needles to destroy tumors. Types of Interventional Radiology
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Our pediatric lymphoma experts care for children using the most-effective lymphoma treatment or combination of treatments to maximize the benefit for children, while minimizing the risk of long-term side effects. Learn more at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
… Personalized Lymphoma Treatment for Your Child At MSK Kids, we customize your child’s care plan. We take into account the type and stage of the cancer and your child’s age and symptoms. Our goal is to put the cancer into remission. This means the size of the abnormal lymph nodal mass has significantly
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Find out how we’re committed to supporting you in every way we can — physically, emotionally, spiritually, and otherwise — for as long as you need us.
… VIDEO | 01:52 Learn About MSK's Adult Survivorship Program Dr. Ginger Gardner highlights the expert care people receive after they finish active cancer treatment and move into MSK's Adult Survivorship Program. Video Details When endometrial (uterine) cancer is discovered in its earliest, most treatable
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Discover how we can use radiation therapy to help to control the growth of liver metastases.
… Radiation therapy can help to control the growth of liver metastases. We use this approach primarily for patients when: the cancer can’t be removed with surgery the tumors in the liver are too large for treatment with ablation, a technique done by our interventional radiologists. Your treatment team
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Peritoneal & Pleural Mesothelioma Cancers
MSK’s team of specialists will shape a treatment approach that makes sense for you. Learn more about our mesothelioma experts.
… Mesothelioma is a complicated illness. Because the number of patients we see in a year is among the highest in the United States, our doctors, surgeons and other experts have a very high level of familiarity and expertise in diagnosing and treating pleural mesothelioma, peritoneal mesothelioma, and other
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Incidentalomas are a type of adrenal tumor, which are usually benign. The most common symptom is high blood pressure.
… This term is used to refer to tumors that are found unexpectedly during diagnostic testing for unrelated reasons, which happens often. Each year, CT or MRI scans of the abdomen reveal small adrenal cortex tumors in about 5 percent of people over age 50. While most incidentalomas are benign, a small percentage
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Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy is often given after surgery for early-stage bladder cancer to prevent the cancer from returning. Learn more about this treatment.
… Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (buh-SIH-lus KAL-met-gay-RIN) therapy is a type of immunotherapy that treats bladder tumors. It’s the most common kind of intravesical immunotherapy used to treat early-stage bladder cancer. Intravesical (IN-truh-VEH-sih-kul) is when the drugs go right into your bladder through
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Pituitary Gland Tumors & Adenomas
Meet MSK’s multidisciplinary team of specialists — including neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, neuro-endocrinologists — who treat pituitary gland tumors.
… Memorial Sloan Kettering is home to the multidisciplinary Pituitary and Skull Base Tumor Center , which brings together doctors from a range of specialties to provide world-class, comprehensive care to patients who have been diagnosed with pituitary, parasellar, paranasal sinus, and other skull base