Category Archives: MSK in the News

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MSK Proclaimed #1 Cancer Hospital in the U.S. and more…

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MSK has achieved the top position among cancer hospitals in this year’s U.S. News & World Report ranking of U.S. hospitals, edging out MD Anderson Cancer Center which had the lead for the past 7 years. More patients will be inclined to seek care at the #1 hospital and the institution will also attract increased funding. One of the factors which contributed to MSK’s receiving the top ranking was its achievement of significantly higher marks in safety as compared to MD Anderson.

Today about 14.5 million Americans who have been diagnosed with cancer are surviving. This figure is expected to grow to 19 million in 2024. Weighing in on this good news, MSK’s Dr. Kevin Oeffinger, Director of the Adult Long Term Follow-Up Program, commented on this “really exciting” news and said the number of cancer survivors is greater than what had been expected just a few years ago. Continue reading →

MSK Abstracts Make Up 12% of all ASCO Meeting Abstracts Published

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The abstracts selected for publication from this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting include 258 (12%) abstracts from Memorial Sloan Kettering out of a total of 2,100 abstracts. The top 7 MSK authors all published 10 or more abstracts: J. D. Wolchok (18), N. A. Rizvi (14), C. A. Hudis (13), M. G. Kris (12),  R. J. Motzer (12), C. S. Sima (11), and J. Baselga (10) . The top three categories of articles (as determined by ASCO) were Gastrointestinal (Noncolorectal) Cancer (22), Lung Cancer-Non-Small Cell Metastatic (21), and Genitourinary (Prostate) Cancer (20). The abstracts included two on the historic IBM Watson Oncology application being implemented at MSK.

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“Cancer Will be Defeated!” – the Words of MSK’s Dr. Joan Massague and more…

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  • One of MSK’s most distinguished scientists, Dr. Joan Massagué, Chair of the Cancer Biology and Genetics Program and Director of the Sloan Kettering Institute, declared that “cancer will be defeated! “ Dr. Massagué made the statement at the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo in Spain. He predicted that cancer will be overcome in 50 years. The sequencing of the human genome is the seminal achievement that will make this a reality.
  • Three-dimensional mammograms are more precise and detect more cancers than standard imaging and some healthcare providers are staunch supporters of this technology. Others, however, are not convinced due to the extra cost and added radiation exposure. MSK’s Dr. Carol Lee, an Attending Radiologist, does not think it should be the standard of care at this point because there is still a lot to learn about this form of imaging.
  • MSK’s Dr. Allison Kipitz-Snyderman led a study of data from patients with invasive or noninvasive breast cancer, invasive colorectal cancer, head and neck, lung or pancreatic cancers, or non–Hodgkin’s lymphoma, to determine the effects of long-term use of central venous catheters (CVC) on risk of infection.  They concluded that prolonged use of CVC’s in cancer patients can bring about increased risk of infection in the over 65 age group.