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Resection of all residual disease after salvage chemotherapy offers the best chance for a cure for patients with refractory or relapsed advanced testicular cancer, according to the results of our recent retrospective study.

… Friday, April 5, 2019 Resection of all residual disease after salvage chemotherapy offers the best chance for a cure for patients with refractory or relapsed advanced testicular cancer, according to the results of our recent retrospective study. The data, published in the journal Urology , underscores

Internationally recognized physician-scientist José Baselga has been named Physician-in-Chief of Memorial Hospital. He joins Memorial Sloan Kettering from Massachusetts General Hospital.

… Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center announced today that José Baselga has been named Physician-in-Chief of Memorial Hospital . He will begin on January 1, 2013. Currently, Dr. Baselga is Chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH

A study reveals unexpected insights into how cells prepare broken DNA strands to be rejoined, preventing mutations that can cause cancer.

… Friday, January 6, 2017 Summary Cells need to repair damaged DNA to prevent mutations that can lead to cancer. Though researchers know that broken DNA strands need to be processed in some way before they are rejoined, how this happens has been a mystery. A new study in yeast shows the early involvement

Learn how eating a plant-based diet may prevent MGUS and smoldering myeloma from developing into multiple myeloma, according to MSK research.

… Monday, December 8, 2025 Multiple myeloma is a cancer that arises from a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell, which is produced in the bone marrow. Multiple myeloma is sometimes preceded by conditions called monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) or smoldering myeloma , which

MSK-led research found an unexpected link between chromosomal instability and epigenetic alternations, both of which are hallmarks of cancer — especially advanced, drug-resistant cancers.

… Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Highlights MSK-led research found an unexpected link between chromosomal instability and epigenetic alternations, both of which are hallmarks of cancer — especially advanced, drug-resistant cancers. Together these defects lead to differences between individual cancer cells within

Doctors and scientists at MSK are desperately trying to figure out why more young patients like Rebecca, 33, are getting colorectal cancer — and how best to treat them.

… Friday, January 1, 2021 A disturbing question lies at the heart of a common and deadly cancer. Why is colorectal cancer striking more people as young as their 20s and 30s — and even teenagers? Most of these young people have no family history of the disease. They also have few of the risk factors associated

Los médicos y científicos de MSK están tratando desesperadamente de descubrir por qué más pacientes jóvenes como Rebecca, de 33 años, padecen cáncer colorrectal, y cuál es la mejor manera de tratarlos.

… Friday, January 1, 2021 Rebecca Lerner, paciente del Memorial Sloan Kettering, sonriendo en el hospital. ¿Por qué el cáncer colorrectal está afectando a más personas de entre 20 y 30 años, e incluso a adolescentes? La mayoría de estos jóvenes no tienen antecedentes familiares de la enfermedad. También

Charles L. Sawyers has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

… Monday, December 1, 2008 Summary Charles L. Sawyers has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Charles L. Sawyers has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Dr. Sawyers is a nationally recognized physician-scientist who joined

Meet Christopher Jeter, who was diagnosed nearly 10 years ago with lung cancer. He was successfully treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering and now is being closely monitored by experts in MSK's Adult Survivorship Program.

… Monday, June 14, 2021 Getting hit by a bus saved Christopher Jeter’s life. In 2011, when the 54-year-old inventory manager took his brand-new motorcycle for a spin, he collided with a public transit bus. Incredibly, he left the scene mostly unscathed. But doctors in the emergency room near his home in

Conozca a Christopher Jeter, quien fue diagnosticado hace casi 10 años con cáncer pulmonar. Fue tratado con éxito en Memorial Sloan Kettering y ahora está siendo monitoreado de cerca por expertos en el Programa de Sobrevivencia para Adultos de MSK.

… Monday, June 14, 2021 Ser atropellado por un autobús le salvó la vida a Christopher Jeter. En 2011, cuando el gerente de inventario de 54 años salió a probar su motocicleta nueva, chocó con un autobús de transporte público. Increíblemente, salió del accidente casi ileso. Pero los médicos en la sala de