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A Black community leader seeks prompt treatment for prostate cancer, avoiding the harsh toll the disease often takes on men like him.

… Thursday, November 2, 2023 Prostate cancer takes a severe toll on Black men.   Prompt diagnosis and treatment is especially important for good outcomes. Larry Scott Blackmon was stunned when actor Chadwick Boseman passed away from colon cancer in August 2020. Several months later, Larry’s annual checkup

New results from a clinical trial led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), gastrointestinal oncologists Andrea Cercek, MD, and Luis Diaz Jr., MD, demonstrates how immunotherapy alone can allow people with MMRd cancers to avoid surgery and preserve their quality of life.

… Sunday, April 27, 2025 CHICAGO —   New results from a clinical trial led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), gastrointestinal oncologists  Andrea Cercek, MD , and  Luis Diaz Jr., MD, demonstrate how immunotherapy alone can allow people with  MMRd cancers to avoid surgery and preserve their

Women want to understand and decrease their risk of breast cancer, and Nicole Saphier, MD, Director of Breast Imaging at MSK Monmouth, wants to ensure that women make the right decisions when it comes to their breast health this October, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and every day.

… Tuesday, October 23, 2018 Women want to understand and decrease their risk of  breast cancer ,  and Nicole Saphier, MD , Director of Breast Imaging at  MSK Monmouth , wants to ensure that women make the right decisions when it comes to their breast health this October, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness

Total neoadjuvant therapy is a viable treatment strategy for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer and is associated with the potential to sidestep surgical treatment.

… Monday, September 10, 2018 Total neoadjuvant therapy is a viable treatment strategy for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer and is associated with improved delivery of planned therapy, increased downstaging, earlier introduction of optimal systemic chemotherapy to address micrometastases, and

Despite the promise of eventually using artificial intelligence to detect melanoma, much more research and development are needed, MSK experts find.

… Thursday, May 19, 2022 When it comes to smartphone technologies, today there’s an app for just about everything: You can play chess, learn to speak Mandarin, or map the best driving route to the airport. Health is a huge category for apps, but many of these programs don’t have the science to back their

Cancer DNA taken from spinal fluid could serve as a liquid biopsy that provides information on brain tumor mutations.

… Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Summary Studying mutational changes that occur in brain tumors has been difficult. A new approach involves analyzing cancer DNA that the tumor sheds into the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This fluid can be collected in biopsies to help with diagnosis and choosing

The $50 million donation from Mike and Maria Repole and the Nonna’s Garden Foundation will support cancer care on Long Island and significantly advance research efforts.

… Monday, November 8, 2021 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced a generous $50 million gift from Mike and Maria Repole and the Nonna’s Garden Foundation to establish The Nonna’s Garden Foundation Initiative for Cancer Care and Research at MSK. The initiative will support several

The Thrivers event at Memorial Sloan Kettering celebrates Bone Marrow Transplant recipients on their return to health.

… Thursday, October 4, 2018 Family at BMT Thriver event Around 700 people joined the 23rd annual celebration for blood and marrow transplant thrivers at 583 Park Avenue, an event space in New York City. Bridget Anderson When Bridget Anderson learned there were no donor matches for a transplant to treat

Degrees were presented and awards were given at the 38th annual ceremony held on May 18.

… Monday, May 22, 2017 Joan Massagué Sloan Kettering Institute Director Joan Massagué Yu Chen and Amanda Roxanne Moore Physician-scientist Yu Chen with graduate Amanda Roxanne Moore José Baselga, Charles Sawyers, and Andrew Kung Physician-in-Chief José Baselga, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program Chair

By blocking a source of inflammation in the skin, it may be possible to prevent or treat lymphedema, a common and debilitating cancer complication.

… Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Summary Mounting evidence implicates inflammation as a cause of lymphedema, a common side effect of cancer treatment. Topical drugs that suppress this inflammation may hold promise as a therapy. Highlights Previous research has shown that immune cells promote the inflammation