CANCER. WHERE YOU’RE TREATED FIRST CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, our sole focus is cancer. Our specialists treat more cancer patients in a year than most doctors treat in a lifetime. We are known throughout the world as a leading cancer center that has pioneered and helped establish the most advanced standards of care in cancer treatment.
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WHAT TO DO WHEN THE DIAGNOSIS IS CANCER

If you’ve just been diagnosed with cancer, you might be struggling with what to do first. Learning about your disease and treatment options may help you feel more hopeful and more confident about your decisions. Focus on getting the best treatment possible, from the start. You’re likely to feel more in control of the situation once you start treatment.

Today, most adults diagnosed with cancer can expect their disease to be controlled or cured. The chances of a cure may improve greatly, however, when you get the most accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment from the very beginning. It’s important that your first cancer treatment choices be the right ones. Cancer can be more difficult to cure on the second try. Initial treatments also can eliminate or affect future treatment options.

Patients treated for cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering right from the start often have better outcomes than those treated at other hospitals. Many factors contribute to the quality of our outcomes:
 

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has treatment facilities in Manhattan, Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey, providing conveniently located care for people
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EXPERT DIAGNOSIS
The unique expertise of our pathologists and diagnostic radiologists allows them to make more precise diagnoses.


  SURGICAL EXPERTISE
Our surgeons are among the world’s most experienced specialists in cancer-related operations.


   
 
RADIATION ONCOLOGY
Sloan-Kettering radiation oncologists pioneered ways to target tumors more effectively with the least possible harm to the healthy tissue near the tumor.

  MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
Sloan-Kettering doctors have pioneered ways to make chemotherapy safer and more effective.


 
 
To make an appointment with a specialist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, please call 1-800-525-2225. You will be asked to provide the patient’s name, address, phone number, date of birth and insurance information. You will also be asked about the diagnosis (if you have a confirmed diagnosis), how the diagnosis was made (for example, biopsy, blood test, ultrasound, MRI or CT scans), and to provide the results of these tests. The referral specialist can set up an appointment with the Sloan-Kettering doctor who is best for that specific kind of cancer.

It may be more convenient for you to see a Sloan-Kettering physician at one of our outpatient sites in Basking Ridge, NJ, or in Sleepy Hollow, Rockville Centre or Commack, NY. Not all types of cancers are treated there, and some procedures are not offered, but if you prefer one of these locations, the referral specialist can guide you in how to make that appointment.


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