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Learn how to cope with stress and anxiety you may feel if you are diagnosed with cancer and your doctor recommends active surveillance instead of treatment.

… Thursday, June 6, 2024 If you’re diagnosed with cancer, your first instinct may be to get it treated right away because there’s not a moment to waste. But what if your doctor says you don’t need treatment? For some types of cancer, especially those that are early-stage and are unlikely to spread and

Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) pioneered advances in many types of cancer treatment for patients in 2023. Read about some of the most important developments over the past year.

… Monday, December 18, 2023 Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) pioneered advances in a variety of cancer treatment for patients in 2023. The results from many cutting-edge clinical trials this year are leading to promising new treatments for brain cancer, colorectal cancer, bladder

Three students have successfully defended their dissertations and will receive their PhD degrees at commencement on May 21.

… Friday, May 15, 2015 Three students at the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences have successfully defended their dissertations. As part of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s 36th annual academic convocation and the school’s fourth annual commencement on May 21, GSK will award PhD degrees

Scientists know that cancer can result from mistakes in DNA repair. But understanding what controls the repair process itself has been a hard nut to crack.

… Thursday, March 2, 2017 Summary The Sloan Kettering Institute is home to many biologists who study basic biological processes fundamental to all cells. DNA replication and repair is an area where SKI excels. John Petrini , Chair of the Molecular Biology Program at SKI, is a world expert on the mechanics

Learn about a hospital-wide program that empowers children before they undergo surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

… Friday, March 16, 2018 Summary A new program at Memorial Sloan Kettering is ensuring that our youngest patients get age-appropriate care before surgery . It’s before dawn in New York City, but the day is already well under way for Maria Martin. Ms. Martin is a child-life therapist at Memorial Sloan Kettering

Nine GSK PhD students were awarded competitive fellowships from prestigious external agencies such as the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Science Foundation (NSF).

… Friday, October 4, 2024 This past academic year, nine PhD students enrolled at the  Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences  (GSK) were awarded competitive fellowships from prestigious external agencies such as the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Science Foundation

Learn about a noninvasive lung cancer test called "E-nose" that is being investigated at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

… Monday, July 8, 2024 Detecting  lung cancer as early as possible has long been a goal of the specialists at MSK, because it gives doctors the most treatment options, which can improve outcomes for patients.    A team led by MSK  thoracic surgeon Gaetano Rocco, MD , reported results in a clinical trial

Conozca una prueba no invasiva para el cáncer pulmonar llamada “nariz electrónica” que está siendo investigada en Memorial Sloan Kettering.

… Monday, July 8, 2024 Detectar el  cáncer pulmonar lo antes posible ha sido durante mucho tiempo un objetivo de los especialistas de MSK, ya que les brinda a los médicos más opciones de tratamiento, lo que puede mejorar los resultados para los pacientes.    Un equipo dirigido por el cirujano torácico

Researchers devised a novel method to ferry drugs to head and neck cancers using nanoparticles that naturally stick to a protein in tumor blood vessels.

… Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Summary The most effective drugs being tested for head and neck cancers , which target a pathway called PI3K, have dangerous side effects. MSK researchers developed a way to use nanoparticles to deliver these drugs precisely to the tumor site, allowing lower doses to be used

The United States Preventive Services Task Force released updated draft recommendations on colorectal cancer screening which, among other things, call for screening for the general population to begin at age 45.

… Tuesday, October 27, 2020 The United States Preventive Services Task Force released updated draft recommendations on colorectal cancer screening which, among other things, call for screening for the general population to begin at age 45.  Currently the recommendations for those at average risk for the