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Dr. Holland was a tireless advocate for supporting the emotional and psychological needs of people with cancer. She also made huge strides in reducing the stigma surrounding the disease.

… Tuesday, January 9, 2018 On Christmas Eve, Memorial Sloan Kettering and the wider cancer community lost a beloved and brilliant doctor, Jimmie Holland, who died of cardiovascular disease at 89. Dr. Holland was a tireless advocate for supporting the emotional and psychological needs of people with cancer

Two of MSK's top brain experts reflect on how they care for people and recent advances in treatment.

… Monday, September 24, 2018 Summary MSK is improving the lives of people with brain cancer and helping their often stressed-out families. Two of MSK’s top brain cancer experts reflect on how they care for people and recent advances in treatment. There are few diseases as feared — or as challenging to

Meet Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, a physician-scientist who studies cancer metastasis and is collaborating on genetics research with scientists at the American Museum of Natural History.

… Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Physician-scientist Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue is Interim Director of MSK’s David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research . She studies cancer metastasis and is collaborating on genetics research with scientists at the American Museum of Natural History. You

Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering are learning how to turn cancer’s appetite against itself.

… Thursday, April 1, 2021 Americans have a love-hate relationship with sugar. Our favorite foods are full of it, yet nutritionists warn that sugar provides empty calories — good for putting on weight but not much else. Cancer doctors are concerned, too, since obesity is a major risk factor for cancer.

Find out how regular screenings with CT scans can help many people who smoke.

… Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Update: On March 9, 2021, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued new recommendations to expand screening for lung cancer in people who have a history of smoking but no symptoms of the disease. Under the new guidelines, screening is recommended to begin five years

… Wednesday, May 11, 2022 Barbara (“Barb”) Pemberton has a huge smile, an infectious laugh, and a great memory – she vividly remembers how scared she felt when she interviewed to be a phlebotomist in 2004. As she entered the building for the first time, on her way to “stick” someone to demonstrate her

The lack of participation in clinical research may be the Achilles heel facing today’s cancer community. According to a new survey of more than 1,500 consumers and nearly 600 physicians conducted on behalf of MSK, only 35 percent of Americans indicated that they were “likely” to enroll in a clinical trial. For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact [email protected].

… Monday, May 23, 2016 The lack of participation in clinical research may be the Achilles heel facing today’s cancer community.  According to a new survey of more than 1,500 consumers and nearly 600 physicians conducted on behalf of MSK, only 35 percent of Americans indicated that they were “likely” to

New MSK research helped develop a machine-learning tool to help find cancer cells that remain after surgery; led to FDA approval for CAR T cell therapy against mantle cell lymphoma; tested a liquid biopsy approach that shows promise in detecting lung cancer; found checkpoint inhibitors were effective against endometrial and ovarian cancers with DNA-repair deficiency; and shed new light on mTOR's role in metabolic enzyme degradation.

… Tuesday, June 25, 2024 New research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) helped develop a machine-learning tool to help find cancer cells that remain after surgery; led to Food and Drug Administration approval for CAR T cell therapy against mantle cell lymphoma; tested a liquid biopsy approach

Learn how Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center nurse Margaret Bediones improves the health of underserved communities at the MSK Ralph Lauren Center in Harlem through community outreach focused on cancer prevention and screening.

… Wednesday, January 17, 2024 For nurse Margaret Bediones, RN, taking care of people extends far beyond the walls of the MSK Ralph Lauren Center (RLC) — part of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) — in Harlem. Margaret is committed to improving the health of people from underserved areas across

Learn how MSK researchers are studying ways exercise can help offset treatment side effects and control cancer.

… Thursday, April 10, 2025 Cancer patients may be surprised to learn they share something in common with astronauts in outer space. It turns out that lying in bed and floating in zero gravity take a similar toll on the body, says Jessica Scott, PhD . She knows because she was a NASA scientist before joining