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Meet Sashi Ghosal, an IT project manager at MSK. He has always benefited from doting relatives, kind bosses, and caring colleagues who have offered him support, counsel, or career advice that has transformed his life.
… Friday, May 21, 2021 Sashi Ghosal is grateful. He has always benefited from doting relatives, kind bosses, and caring colleagues who have offered him support, counsel, or career advice that has transformed his life — and led him, eventually, to Memorial Sloan Kettering, where he works as an IT Project
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MSK now offers interventional radiology consultations as well as many procedures at three of its outpatient locations.
… Thursday, January 12, 2017 Summary Memorial Sloan Kettering is making interventional radiology consultations as well as many procedures available to patients receiving treatment at our locations in Westchester , New York; Commack, Long Island; and Monmouth , New Jersey. Highlights Interventional radiology
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See how experts at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Ralph Lauren Center cared for Maria close to home.
… Thursday, October 26, 2023 As a retired teacher and active parishioner of her church, Maria Tucker knows the value of community. So when she was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer at the end of 2020, her friends and family in her neighborhood in the Bronx rallied behind her. The breast cancer diagnosis
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Conozca cómo los expertos del Ralph Lauren Center de Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center atendieron a Maria cerca de casa.
… Thursday, October 26, 2023 Como profesora jubilada y practicante activa en su iglesia, Maria Tucker sabe bien cuál es el valor de la comunidad. Por eso, cuando le diagnosticaron cáncer de mama en estadio 1 a fines de 2020, sus amigos y familiares de su vecindario en el Bronx se movilizaron para apoyarla
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In patients with progressive, refractory, or symptomatic desmoid tumors, sorafenib (Nexavar®) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and induced durable responses. This study defined an active therapy for desmoid tumors that appears effective in slowing disease progression.
… Wednesday, December 19, 2018 Bottom Line: In patients with progressive, refractory, or symptomatic desmoid tumors , sorafenib (Nexavar ® ) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and induced durable responses. This study defined an active therapy for desmoid tumors that appears effective
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Patients with choroidal invasion of retinoblastoma can be successfully managed with ophthalmic artery chemosurgery (OAC) and avoid enucleation.
… Thursday, January 14, 2021 Patients with choroidal invasion of retinoblastoma can be successfully managed with ophthalmic artery chemosurgery (OAC) and avoid enucleation, according to our research published online first in Ophthalmology Retina . Worldwide, removing the affected eye has been the standard
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可通过眼动脉化学外科 (OAC) 方式对视网膜母细胞瘤伴脉络膜侵犯的患者进行成功治疗,避免眼球摘除。
… Thursday, January 14, 2021 我们首次在线发表在 《眼科视网膜》(Ophthalmology Retina) 上的研究表明,对视网膜母细胞瘤伴脉络膜侵犯的患者,可以通过眼动脉化学外科 (OAC) 方式进行成功治疗,避免眼球摘除。 在世界范围内,摘除受累一侧的眼球一直是管理脉络膜浸润的标准方式。 近期,有很多临床医生开始质疑视网膜母细胞瘤伴脉络膜浸润是否真正有较高的转移率,患者是否有必要进行眼球摘除和多药辅助全身化疗的高强度治疗。 (1) 我们对包含 4 例双侧视网膜母细胞瘤儿童患者的小型病例系列进行了一项回顾性综述,这些患者均伴随有大量直径大于 3 毫米的脉络膜浸润病灶
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A new imaging approach involving lasers and sound waves produces high-resolution pictures of tumor blood vessels.
… Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Summary Cancer drugs targeting the blood vessels that nourish tumors have shown mixed results. A new laser-based, high-resolution imaging technique could be a noninvasive tool for showing how these blood vessels change in response to therapy. Cancer needs a steady supply of
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MSK is celebrating National Nurses Week, which runs from May 6 to 12 every year – the end date coinciding with Florence Nightingale's birthday.
… Friday, May 8, 2020 MSK Celebrates National Nurses Week Kevin Browne MSK is celebrating National Nurses Week, which runs from May 6 to 12 every year – the end date coinciding with Florence Nightingale’s birthday. This year marks the 200 th anniversary of her birth, prompting the World Health Organization
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Learn how MSK’s liquid biopsy test, MSK-ACCESS, could improve the lives of patients with gynecologic cancers.
… Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Liquid biopsies have the potential to revolutionize cancer diagnosis and treatment decisions. Unlike biopsies that require removing tumor tissue, these tests use a simple blood draw to assess the molecular characteristics of cancer. Liquid biopsies can be done repeatedly and