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Discover how MSK Kids is using medical play to help children understand treatments and procedures.

… Thursday, December 5, 2019 Summary Medical play is an important component of care at MSK Kids. Learn how child life specialists teach young children and prepare them for their treatments. A hospital can be an unnerving place for anyone, regardless of age. But for children, the environment may be totally

Learn about George Bosl, who will become MSK's first ombudsperson.

… Friday, July 5, 2019 Summary George Bosl, who spent nearly two decades as Chair of MSK’s Department of Medicine , will become the institution’s first ombudsperson. The position will be a resource for employees to guide them through conflicts of interest and related issues. As Chair of Memorial Sloan

Researchers are exploring a mysterious population of immune cells that live within tumors and can help the cancer grow and spread.

… Thursday, June 5, 2014 Summary Researchers are exploring a mysterious population of immune cells that live within tumors and can help the cancer grow and spread. Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have uncovered the origins of a mysterious population of immune cells living within tumors and discovered

A new tool developed by MSK scientists allows users to map metabolic data from kidney cancer tumors.

… Friday, February 5, 2016 Summary Changes in cell metabolism are increasingly recognized as an important way tumors develop and progress, yet these changes are hard to measure and interpret. A new tool designed by MSK scientists allows users to identify metabolic changes in kidney cancer tumors that may

Awarded annually since 1955, the Sloan Research Fellowships honor exceptional U.S. and Canadian researchers whose creativity, leadership, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders.

… Thursday, February 22, 2024 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)  is proud to announce that  Yael David, PhD , chemical biologist leading The Yael David Lab and Associate Member of the Chemical Biology Program , has been selected as a 2024 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry. Dr. David

Learn what Zepbound, Wegovy, Ozempic and other weight loss drugs mean for cancer risk and treatment, from an expert at MSK.

… Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Ozempic, Zepbound, Wegovy, and related weight loss drugs have become some of the world’s most talked about medications in a remarkably short time. A growing body of research suggests these drugs may also be an important tool in reducing cancer related to obesity and higher levels

Discover how microbiome research is revealing the role that bacteria play in cancer treatment.

… Thursday, August 11, 2016 Summary Studies that analyze the microbiome — the community of organisms that live in the body — in cancer patients are revealing new findings about the connection between bacteria and health in cancer patients. Highlights One study has shown how microbes may trigger colitis

For men with inherited mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2, a new program at MSK provides a “one-stop shop” for highly personalized cancer screening and surveillance.

… Thursday, June 16, 2022 Perhaps the best known of all the cancer predisposition genes are inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 . They were originally associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancers . Later studies revealed they also raised the risk of prostate and pancreatic

Researchers discover that a subset of lung adenocarcinomas are aggressive because of mutations that allow them to block ferroptosis, a type of cell death.

… Tuesday, December 1, 2020 Summary An MSK team has found that a particular subset of lung adenocarcinomas is aggressive due to a combination of two mutations that allow them to block ferroptosis, a type of cell death. Targeted therapies are currently available for about one-third of people with lung adenocarcinoma

In our recently published review paper we provide a comprehensive update on the cardiotoxicities associated with contemporary breast cancer treatment and the latest strategies for their prevention, detection, and management.

… Friday, June 28, 2019 It is critical to balance the expected benefits of cancer treatment with cardiovascular risk and identify strategies to prevent cardiotoxicity and improve outcomes and the long-term quality of life for breast cancer survivors. In our review paper published recently in the journal