When you join MSK Healthy Living, our experts will create a personal lifestyle plan for you. First, you will fill out a questionnaire that asks you questions about your goals and needs. The survey is ...

Your port may raise your skin about ½ an inch (1.2 centimeters). You may be able to feel it through your skin. Most people will not be able to tell that you have a port. Your port will not set off ...

100% Remission of Rectal Cancer These same remarkable results would be repeated for all 42 people — and counting — in the MSK clinical trial. In every case, the rectal cancer disappeared after ...

It’s not a question of which type of radiation therapy is best in general, but rather which therapy is best for the patient’s specific disease and quality-of-life concerns. We want to use the most ...

The approved age for getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV) has been steadily rising since the vaccine was introduced in 2006. The HPV vaccine’s safety has remained excellent, and ...

A mastectomy is surgery to remove all your breast tissue to treat cancer. When your surgeons remove 1 breast, it’s called a unilateral mastectomy. If they remove both breasts, it’s called a bilateral ...

Patients are put under anesthesia, and a rectal probe is placed which enables real-time imaging and treatment. After the machine takes an image of the prostate, the doctors outline the treatment area ...

Periods of fasting reprogram the immune system’s natural killer cells to better fight cancer, according to a new study in mice from researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). Fasting ...

Care Team At Memorial Sloan Kettering, doctors, nurses, and other specialists work together on treatment teams for each patient. This means that your care team is highly experienced in caring for ...

A comprehensive cancer benefits solution Cancer remains the leading driver of healthcare costs for employers, with a significant rise in cases among people under 50. 1, 2 MSK Direct addresses this ...

Care Team At Memorial Sloan Kettering, doctors, nurses, and other specialists work together on treatment teams for each patient. This means that your care team is highly experienced in caring for ...

Learn about your cancer This page has links to our cancer guides. Each guide gives you simple, clear information about a specific kind of cancer. You’ll learn what the cancer is, how it’s found, and ...