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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK or MSKCC) is a cancer treatment and research institution in New York City, founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. MSKCC is the largest and oldest private cancer center in the world, and is one of 70 National Cancer Institute–designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers.[3][4] Its main campus is located at 1275 York Avenue, between 67th and 68th streets, in Manhattan.
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | |
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Geography | |
Location | Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
Organisation | |
Funding | Non-profit hospital |
Type | Specialist |
Affiliated university | Cornell University, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences |
Services | |
Emergency department | Urgent care center |
Beds | 498 (as of 2018) |
Speciality | Cancer |
History | |
Opened | 1884[1] (as New York Cancer Hospital) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Other links | Hospitals in New York |
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Rockefeller's York Avenue land donation, 1937
The relocated Memorial Hospital building, built between 1936 and 1939, standing on its present location on York Avenue
The original New York Cancer Hospital[2] built between 1884 and 1886, now housing, at 455 Central Park West and 106th Street in Manhattan.