Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

THE MISSION OF MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER IS TO LEAD IN THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CURE OF CANCER AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES THROUGH PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH, EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND COST-EFFECTIVE PATIENT CARE. LEADERSHIP IN PATIENT CARE: WE PLACE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ON ADVANCING THE CARE OF CANCER PATIENTS THROUGH EARLY DETECTION, ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, AND OPTIMAL TREATMENT. THESE THREE ELEMENTS LEAD TO THE MOST EFFECTIVE CANCER CARE POSSIBLE, WHICH IS ALSO THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE CARE. WE STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN ALL EXISTING AND EMERGING THERAPIES WITHOUT NEGLECTING THE NEED FOR ADVANCED APPROACHES IN PALLIATION. WE DELIVER THESE THERAPIES IN A CARING ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOMPASSES PATIENTS AS WELL AS THEIR LOVED ONES. EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE IS EXEMPLIFIED BY OUR MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH, A CORE COMPETENCE OF OUR CENTER. WE ARE COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO BRING EXCELLENCE IN CANCER CARE TO THE COMMUNITY. LEADERSHIP IN RESEARCH EX