MSKCC in the News: October 11 – October 21

  • SHARE recently interviewed MSKCC’s Dr. Norton.
  • As reported by Oncology Nurse Advisor, a curriculum being implemented by MSKCC and City of Hope (Duarte, California) will train nurses working with cancer patients who are transitioning from active treatment to survivorship care.
  • MarketWatch announced that as part of a national study on the effectiveness of copper as an anti-microbial surface, MSKCC was one of several US hospitals to temporarily install copper-coated equipment surfaces in some intensive care units.

MSKCC in the News: September 22 – October 10

  • Crain’s reported that MSKCC’s proposed Westchester cancer center plan was approved by the Public House and Planning Council.
  • Dr. Peter B. Bach of MSKCC was quoted in a New York Times article about a recent study published in Lancet that examines the rate of operations performed on Medicare recipients in the final year of life.
  • The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Brooklyn Infusion Center received the Award of Excellence in the 26th annual Modern Healthcare Design Awards.