MSK News/MSK News Winter 2021/2022
In the basement of the Schwartz building near Memorial Hospital, a team under strict safety protocols creates cancer drugs using radioactive Isotopes produced by nuclear reactors around the world. This approach, called Theranostics, is a mash-up of the words “therapy” and “diagnostics” and combines Imaging techniques and targeted therapy into one very precise package that has been a game changer for many patients.