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Learn how high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) can help some men with prostate cancer avoid surgery or radiation.
Pharmacologist Neal Rosen focuses on understanding biochemical mechanisms underlying phenotypes caused by tyrosine kinase activation in epithelial tumors and developing new therapeutic strategies.
En esta información se explica cómo cuidar de su derivación cutánea continente después de la cirugía. También se explica cómo cateterizar su derivación cutánea continente y seguir un horario de catete ...
Animal model research from MSK has shown for the first time that fasting can reprogram the metabolism of natural killer cells, helping them to survive in the harsh environment in and around tumors, ...
Learn how exercise can help many people live longer after they are diagnosed with cancer, according to a new study led by MSK exercise scientist Lee Jones, Chief of the Exercise-Oncology Service.
When it comes to cancer risk, birth control sometimes gets a bad rap. “Usually when we talk about birth control and cancer, we’re talking about the pill and a possible increased risk of breast cancer, ...
Read about an off-the-shelf therapeutic vaccine that could potentially prevent certain pancreatic and colorectal cancers from returning.
Why might ashwagandha be beneficial to cancer patients? Many cancer patients experience stress related to the diagnosis, treatment, and symptoms associated with cancer and its treatment. The fear of ...
Scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute have discovered that the ability of cancers to metastasize to other organs is dependent upon their ability to coopt natural wound-healing pathways. The ...
First Uses The radium sources at Memorial Hospital were first used in the treatment of skin, prostate, and gynecologic cancers. Treatments were administered in two main ways. One involved packing a ...
Like all cells, cancer cells need nutrients to grow. Sugar is one important fuel, but it’s far from cancer’s only requirement. Current research is aimed at targeting cancer’s dependence on the amino ...
Dr. Holland, shown here in a photo from the early 1990s, was a founder of the field of psycho-oncology, which combines oncology and psychiatry.