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Learn how the Head and Neck Cancer Service at MSK helps people overcome a variety of cancers while preserving facial appearance and function.

… Thursday, September 11, 2025 James Mangan is a world-class rowing coach who has led elite teams in his native Ireland and in the United States all the way to the Olympics. So when he learned he had a serious skin cancer, he was concerned not only for his health but for his ability to continue the work

How does being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender affect your risk of getting cancer? Good question.

… Friday, February 19, 2016 Summary A new policy paper authored by MSK clinicians and patient advocates draws attention to the need for collecting comprehensive data to understand how cancer affects lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Until these data are collected, we won’t know for sure the

The discovery links metabolism to the way cancer stem cells form tumors.

… Tuesday, May 26, 2020 Summary A team of scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute and The Rockefeller University has discovered that cancer stem cells rely on a steady external supply of the amino acid serine. This dependency makes them vulnerable to restrictions on this supply, a discovery that could

Learn about a potential new strategy for treating people with blood cancers such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) that targets a protein on cancer stem cells.

… Thursday, February 2, 2017 Summary Blood cancers such as acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome often come back after initial treatment, which researchers suspect is caused by stem cells that are never wiped out and go on to initiate and sustain the disease again. It has now been discovered

Researchers have discovered how a high level of the protein PSMA in cells helps fuel prostate cancer.

… Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Summary Prostate cancer cells have high levels of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), but researchers were unsure of its biological role. Now an MSK-led team has discovered that PSMA contributes to prostate cancer’s development. This offers a new target for drugs.

A lesser-known immune cell is suddenly getting more attention in the field of cancer immunology.

… Thursday, July 12, 2018 A natural killer cell (top right) attacks and kills a cancer cell (center), which blebs and spills its contents. Video courtesy of Morgan Huse. Summary Scientists are coming to appreciate the importance of a specific type of immune cell that keeps people free from disease. Most

Sloan Kettering Institute scientists are understanding more about natural killer (NK) cells, which are your allies when it comes to fighting infections and cancer.

… Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Despite a name straight from a Tarantino movie, natural killer (NK) cells are your allies when it comes to fighting infections and cancer. If T cells are like a team of specialist doctors in an emergency room, NK cells are the paramedics: They arrive first on the scene and perform

… Monday, April 6, 2026 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced the following awards and appointments: Charles L. Sawyers, MD, Awarded the Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine Charles L. Sawyers, MD Charles L. Sawyers, MD, Awarded the Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine

Philip W. Kantoff, MD, has been named the new Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). An accomplished leader, physician, researcher, and mentor, Dr. Kantoff served the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School (HMS) since 1987 in a variety of capacities. He formally assumes his new position as George J. Bosl, MD, steps down from his role after 18 years.

… Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Philip W. Kantoff, MD, has been named the new Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). An accomplished leader, physician, researcher, and mentor, Dr. Kantoff served the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School (HMS

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) will award three influential cancer researchers with this year’s Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research. The prize, named in honor of former MSK president Paul Marks, MD, recognizes a new generation of leaders who are making significant contributions to the understanding of cancer or are improving the treatment of the disease.

… Tuesday, November 4, 2025 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) will award three influential cancer researchers with this year’s  Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research . The prize, named in honor of former MSK president Paul Marks, MD, recognizes a new generation of leaders who are making significant