① 关于纪念斯隆—凯特林癌症中心（Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center）
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — the world's oldest and largest private cancer center — has devoted more than a century to patient care and innovative research, making significant contributions to better understand, diagnose, and treat cancer. As one of the nation's premier cancer centers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering is one of only 40 institutions in the United States that have been designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers by the National Cancer Institute.
Origins
Founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital by a group that included John J. Astor and his wife, Charlotte, the first hospital was located on Manhattan's Upper West Side. In 1899, the name was changed to General Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases. The name was changed again in 1916 when the word "General" was dropped and the new name became Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases. In 1936, the hospital began a move to our present location on York Avenue, on land donated by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and the new Memorial Hospital opened in 1939. Between 1970 and 1973 a new hospital building was constructed, and this building stands on the site today.
In the 1940s, two former General Motors executives, Alfred P. Sloan and Charles F. Kettering, joined forces to establish the Sloan-Kettering Institute (SKI), which has since become one of the nation's leading biomedical research institutions. Built adjacent to Memorial Hospital, SKI was formally dedicated in 1948.
In 1960, a new corporate entity — Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — was formed to coordinate and guide overall policy for Memorial Hospital and the Sloan-Kettering Institute; and in 1980 these three entities were unified into a single institution.
Today, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has more than 11,000 employees, including 804 hospital attendings and 142 Sloan-Kettering Institute members. In 2010, 24,346 patients were admitted to Memorial Hospital and a total of 515,835 outpatient visits were accommodated at our Manhattan and regional facilities.
Patient Care
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center experts have established standards of care and treatment protocols for each type and stage of cancer. Our physicians have an extraordinary depth and breadth of experience in diagnosing and treating all forms of the disease, from the most common to the very rare. Each year, they treat more than 400 different subtypes of cancer. This level of specialization can have an often-dramatic effect on a patient's chances for a cure or control of their cancer. And while we are known for our advanced, innovative therapies, our physicians are equally well regarded for their compassion and concern.
Our Disease Management Program features 16 multidisciplinary cancer teams. Patients are treated by as many different specialists as are needed for their particular type of disease, including surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, psychiatrists, and nurses.
Our pathologists have unsurpassed expertise in using advanced methods to accurately diagnose cancer. Memorial Sloan-Kettering's surgeons perform more cancer operations than at any other hospital in the nation, and because of their sole focus on cancer can often use surgical techniques that preserve form and function. And our radiation oncologists are developing and putting into clinical practice leading-edge technologies and techniques in radiation therapy. In addition, the Center offers a full range of programs to help patients and families throughout all phases of treatment, including support groups, genetic counseling, help managing cancer pain and symptoms, rehabilitation, integrative medicine services, and assistance in navigating life after treatment.
Research
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center maintains one of the world's most dynamic programs of cancer research. The extraordinary patient care we provide benefits from our innovative programs in basic, translational, and clinical research. Research at Sloan-Kettering Institute is dedicated to understanding the biology of cancer through programs in cell biology, genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, computational biology, immunology, and therapeutics.
Investigators at Sloan-Kettering Institute collaborate with Memorial Hospital physician-scientists, a partnership that helps speed important research findings from the laboratory to the bedside, in a process known as translational research. Memorial Sloan-Kettering also actively initiates and participates in clinical trials to identify more effective cancer therapies, and our physicians are currently leading more than 400 clinical trials for pediatric and adult cancers.
Established in 2005, the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program (HOPP) is a further effort to increase institutional research strength in areas important in contemporary translational research. HOPP is designed to meld even more thoroughly the cultures of basic biologic science and clinical oncology, augmenting the work conducted in the laboratories of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's physician-scientists.
Education and Training
Education is a vital part of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's mission. Our training programs prepare physicians and scientists for careers in the biomedical sciences. Our collaborations with The Rockefeller University, Cornell University, and Weill Medical College of Cornell University offer PhD programs in chemical biology, computational biology and medicine, and the medical sciences. The Center also partners with Weill Medical College and The Rockefeller University to offer a MD/PhD degree for aspiring physician-scientists.
In 2004, the Center established a PhD program in cancer biology through its new Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. This novel program, which enrolled its first class in 2006, trains basic laboratory scientists to work in research areas directly relevant to cancer and other human diseases.
We also offer postgraduate clinical fellowships to train physicians who seek special expertise in a particular type of cancer and postgraduate research fellowships that provide physicians and scientists with advanced laboratory research training. With faculty appointments at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, our clinical staff also train residents and medical students.
Facilities
Along with state-of-the-art facilities for diagnosis, inpatient, and ambulatory care in Manhattan, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has outpatient facilities located throughout the tri-state area.
Memorial Hospital, with 470 beds, is located at 1275 York Avenue, between 67th and 68th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The majority of the Center's outpatients are seen at our Rockefeller Outpatient Pavilion on 53rd Street at Third Avenue in midtown Manhattan. This facility offers medical consultation, diagnostic imaging, chemotherapy, pharmacy services, cancer screening, and integrative medicine services. Outpatient breast cancer services in Manhattan are provided at the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center on Second Avenue at 66th Street. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy are offered on an outpatient basis at community-based cancer treatment centers in New Jersey, Long Island, and Westchester County. These regional programs are staffed by Memorial Sloan-Kettering physicians and other Center healthcare professionals.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering is constantly renovating and expanding to meet the growing needs of our patients, physicians, and scientists. A new 23-story research building, The Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center, has opened across the street from Memorial Hospital. The new building, with more than 300,000 square feet of laboratory space, houses many of our cancer research programs. The Center recently opened The Claire Tow Pediatric Pavilion, with new inpatient and outpatient pediatric facilities now on one contiguous floor. Extensive renovations to Memorial Hospital include the construction of 21 new surgical suites designed to accommodate the latest technologies. The Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, which opened in 2002, offers comprehensive care for genitourinary cancers. A new breast and imaging center — on Second Avenue between 65th and 66th Streets — which contains the expanded Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center opened in the fall 2009.
As the world's oldest and largest private cancer center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has devoted more than a century to patient care as well as to innovative research, making significant contributions to new and better therapies for the treatment of cancer. We are proud of the progress we have made in the fight against cancer, as well of our extraordinary institution and our staff of more than 10,000 employees. Their dedication, teamwork, and talent make a difference in the lives of our patients today and those we will see in the future.
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② 关于纪念斯隆—凯特林癌症中心国际医疗中心（The International Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center）
Why Memorial Sloan-Kettering for Cancer Care?
Today, more than half of all patients diagnosed with cancer can be cured, and many others will live long, meaningful lives even with their disease. But getting the correct diagnosis and the most appropriate treatment right from the start is crucial.
At Memorial Sloan-Kettering, our sole focus is cancer, and it has been for more than a century. Our doctors have unparalleled expertise in diagnosing and treating all types of cancer, and they use the latest technology and the most innovative, advanced therapies to increase the chances of a cure. The close collaboration between our doctors and our research scientists also means that new drugs and therapies developed in the laboratory can be moved quickly to the bedside, offering patients improved treatment options.
Individualized Expert Treatment
We also recognize that each patient is unique and each type of cancer is different — the best treatment for one patient may not be right for another. So you can rest assured that the treatment recommended at Memorial Sloan-Kettering will be the best one for you. And while we are best known for our leading-edge cancer therapies, we take particular pride in the compassion and dedication of our doctors, nurses, and other healthcare staff.
We are proud of our designation as a National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer center. In this section, you will find information about our expertise in diagnosing, treating, and caring for cancer patients.
A Team Effort
We have a unified approach to cancer care, with teams of doctors who work together to guide each patient through diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. We have a team devoted to diagnosing and treating breast cancer, another focuses on colorectal cancer, yet another concentrates on brain tumors, and so on. These teams have a depth and breadth of experience that is unsurpassed. Using this approach, the treatment plans reflect the combined expertise of many doctors — surgeons, medical oncologists, radiologists, radiation oncologists, and pathologists. This approach also ensures that patients who need several different therapies to treat their cancer will receive the ideal combination.
Getting the Correct Diagnosis
Making an Appointment If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with cancer, you can call our Physician Referral Service to make an appointment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. More »
Our radiologists use advanced imaging technology to detect cancer. In addition to MRI and CT, our radiologists offer cutting-edge imaging technologies. These include combination PET/CT imaging, which can more accurately detect cancer and pinpoint its exact location in the body, and functional MRI, which can define the location of a brain tumor in relation to areas of the brain that control language, movement, vision, and other important functions. This information helps neurosurgeons remove tumors without disrupting critical brain functions.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering pathologists are involved in patient management right from the beginning. They analyze tumor samples — some 40,000 annually — to determine a precise diagnosis and the extent of disease (called staging), even if this information has been collected and reviewed at another institution. Reports from our pathologists are essential to deciding the best course of treatment. In addition, tissues removed during surgery are rapidly evaluated by our pathologists, who can then communicate directly with surgeons in the operating room via video and audio links. Increasingly, new technology enables our pathologists to predict a tumor's aggressiveness or its response to certain forms of therapy, as well as to identify genetic abnormalities in some tumors, which can then direct the course of treatment.
Unparalleled Surgical Oncology Expertise
Recent studies have shown that, for many cancers, patients have fewer complications if they have surgery at a hospital that performs high volumes of these operations and if the surgery is performed by a surgeon with expertise in the procedure. You can be sure that our surgeons are among the most experienced cancer surgeons in the world. Over the years, they have pioneered many surgical innovations, including laparoscopic surgery for the treatment of many cancers. This type of surgery, which uses several small incisions rather than one large incision, results in less post-surgical pain and a faster recovery.
Our surgeons are also at the forefront of developing surgical procedures to reconstruct the breast, colon, tongue and mouth, and the rectum following cancer surgery and new techniques to spare organs and preserve function.
More Than 160 Medical Oncologists
It is often a medical oncologist who follows a patient through the course of treatment and during recovery, to ensure a continuum of care. Our medical oncologists are leaders in developing new chemotherapy drugs that are safer and more effective than standard therapies. They can also help patients manage the side effects of chemotherapy, such as nausea and fatigue, so that patients can lead relatively normal lives while receiving chemotherapy. Increasingly, our medical oncologists employ sophisticated technologies, such as immunotherapies or vaccines, often in combination with chemotherapy, to more effectively treat cancer.
Leaders in Radiation Therapy
Memorial Sloan-Kettering's radiation oncologists pioneered intensity-modulated radiation therapy, which allows higher, more effective doses of radiation to be delivered to tumors while minimizing exposure to surrounding healthy tissues and organs. While initially used for the treatment of prostate cancer, it is now being used here to treat cancers of the head and neck, lung, brain, liver, and breast, as well as lymphomas, sarcomas, and some pediatric cancers. Our doctors have also developed the use of radiation therapy with chemotherapy, which makes tumor cells more sensitive to the effects radiation, enhancing the success of therapy.
Nursing and Supportive Care
Our nurses work together with doctors and are an essential part of the healthcare team. Their support, encouragement, and deep sense of caring bring tremendous comfort to our patients and their loved ones. Our specially trained oncology nurses care for patients before, during, and after surgery; help manage clinical trials; and educate patients about what to expect when they go home from the hospital. They also communicate with family members to address their needs and concerns. To help ensure a continuum of care, patients are typically cared for by the same nurses throughout their stay.
For some patients, the psychological effects of cancer can be overwhelming. Memorial Sloan-Kettering has specially trained psychiatrists and psychologists who can help cancer patients deal with the stress, anxiety, and depression that can accompany a diagnosis of cancer and its treatment. Easing patients' distress can greatly improve the quality of their lives. Our social workers also help to ensure that patients get emotional support as well as assistance with daily needs like housing and transportation. They conduct a number of individual, family, and group counseling support groups both on an inpatient and outpatient basis. After treatment, patients have access to the Resources for Life After Cancer program, which offers seminars, lectures, support groups, and practical advice on insurance and employment issues.
Integrative Medicine
Our Integrative Medicine Service complements the mainstream medical care and addresses the emotional, social, and spiritual needs of patients and families. We offer a full range of complementary therapies, including massage, reflexology, shiatsu, meditation, music therapy, and acupuncture. Complementary therapies are not substitutes for mainstream medical care but are used together with medical treatments to help patients alleviate stress, reduce pain and anxiety, manage symptoms, and promote a feeling of well-being.
Controlling Cancer Pain
At Memorial Sloan-Kettering, we strongly believe that no cancer patient should suffer unmanageable cancer pain. We were the first US cancer center to develop an interdisciplinary service devoted specifically to treating cancer patients' pain. Our pain experts continue to pioneer the use of new drugs and novel methods of drug delivery. In some cases, we also use cognitive-behavioral approaches and relaxation techniques to complement the use of pain medication. We have a center-wide program to ensure that patients who have pain are identified and treated appropriately and effectively.
For International Patients
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center welcomes patients from around the world. The staff of our Bobst International Center is available to help coordinate your clinical care or your medical records review by one of our physicians. Our team can also answer financial questions, locate accommodations in New York City, and arrange interpretation services in hundreds of languages.
At the Bobst International Center, our goal is to support you in getting the most effective resources for your medical needs as efficiently as possible, whether through making an appointment for a consultation or through requesting a medical records review by a Memorial Sloan-Kettering physician.
The center is directed by Murray Brennan, who served as chair of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Department of Surgery for more than 20 years. Dr. Brennan — an honorary member of multiple medical societies around the world — helps guide the care of each of our international patients.
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• Making an Appointment
• Requesting a Medical Records Review by Mail
• Private Translation Services
• Financial Information
• For International Patients: FAQs
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