Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center News

Overexposure to the sun can damage the skin and even cause skin cancer; contact with ticks can lead to Lyme disease; and rubbing against poison ivy or items that have been in contact with the plant can result in a painful, itching and blistering rash.

Cancer researchers have known for well over a century that different tumor types spread only to specific, preferred organs.

The data include the trial design of an ongoing Phase III clinical trial of tumor-treating fields together with temozolomide compared to temozolomide alone in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma, and experimental data testing TTFields treatment in non-small cell lung cancer and pancreatic cancer.

This report provides elemental information and data relating to the clinical trials on Germ Cell Tumors.

Westhoff, who had some nine surgeries on his left leg since he was diagnosed with a cancerous femur more than two decades ago, had surgery No.

New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers.

Newswise - Washington, DC - Physicians might be surprised to learn their patients' primary goals for discussing health information found on the Internet.

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., May 22, 2012 -- Genta Incorporated today announced results from the Company's Phase 2 clinical trial using tesetaxel as initial, single-agent chemotherapy in women with advanced breast cancer.

MRI Interventions CEO Kimble Jenkins shows the company's minimally invasive neurosurgical system called ClearPoint, which uses MRI scanners to pinpoint designated areas in the brain for surgery.

New York, N.Y.,USA The Institute for International Research , the makers of GAIM Ops Cayman, is hosting a new series of events for institutional investors on operational due diligence.

Sean David led a team that completed the largest analysis of the genetics of African Americans and their smoking behaviors.

To describe Emery Konick Jr. as "old school" would be a massive understatement, like saying the Super Bowl is big or baseball season is long.

Scientists in Australia have discovered a molecule in the brain that may hold the key to preventing or even curing dementia.

Solid tumor treatment company Novocure Ltd. of Portsmouth, N.H., said a pivotal Phase 3 trial showed that its NovoTTF therapy for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme brain tumors was comparable to active chemotherapy in extending overall survival, with minimal side effects and far better quality of life.

Oxford cheerleaders Jenna and her sister Cassandra Miller organized the first annual Connecticut Kids Walk for Kids With Cancer fundraising event at Veterans Memorial Park in Shelton, Conn.

In this June 3, 2010 file photo, Dr. Steven Birnbaum works with a patient in a CT scanner at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers.

Peter B. Bach, M.D., of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and colleagues conducted a systematic review to examine the evidence regarding the benefits and harms of low-dose computerized tomography screening for lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer death.

Screening lung cancer tumor samples for cancer -causing, or "driver," genetic mutations can help physicians tailor patients' treatments to target those specific mutations.

Newswise - NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 - Screening lung cancer tumor samples for cancer-causing, or "driver," genetic mutations can help physicians tailor patients' treatments to target those specific mutations.

I had for a month been living in isolation in the bone marrow transplant unit of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, my only option after my diagnosis with acute myeloid leukemia last year.