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Microscopy image showing a quiescent cluster of lung adenocarcinoma tumor cells with low STING expression.
MSK Scientists Identify Potential New Strategy Against Metastasis

A team of scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute has identified the STING cellular signaling pathway as a key player in keeping dormant cancer cells from progressing into aggressive tumors months, or even years, after they’ve escaped from a primary tumor.
SKI scientists David Scheinberg and Derek Tan
Sloan Kettering Institute Scientists Retool CAR T Cells to Serve as ‘Micropharmacies’ for Cancer Drugs

These souped-up versions may help overcome some limitations of existing CAR T cells.
Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Prasad Adusumilli
Q&A
CAR T Cell Therapy Shows Promise for Treating Mesothelioma

A combination immunotherapy approach using CAR T cells could be an effective new way to treat mesothelioma.
A Fred’s Team runner giving a high five
Your Impact: Celebrating Our Donors’ Support in 2021

Learn about how our donor community is funding life-changing cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering and ensuring a brighter future for people with cancer around the world.
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MSK Research Highlights, March 20, 2026

New MSK research discovers a new approach that could prevent chemotherapy-related leukemia; shows how monoclonal antibodies can turn neutrophils into cancer killers; helps develop sensitive CAR T cells that target CD70 antigen to destroy cancer cells; and uses single-cell studies to yield new clues about a rare, aggressive pediatric sarcoma.
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Feature
Shorter, Safer, Smarter: How MSK Enhances Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

MSK leads the way in optimizing radiation treatment for breast cancer patients.
José Baselga
Announcement
News from #AACR16: Precision Medicine Progress, Turbocharged CARs, and Turning Up the Heat against Cancer

At the 2016 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) conference, there were clear signs that cancer treatment is evolving from a slash-and-burn method to a more precisely targeted, intelligent approach.
Immune cells surrounding a cancer cell
In the Lab
Checkpoint Challenge: When Releasing Immune Cell Brakes Is Not Enough to Stop Cancer

Scientists have learned that cutting a T cell’s brakes can have unexpected consequences.
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New Research Shows How Cancer Rewires a Key Immune Pathway To Spread

A collaboration between MSK and Weill Cornell Medicine discovered a new relationship between cancer cells and the immune system, and shows how cancer can selfishly hijack a normally helpful immune pathway.
Radiation oncologist Josh Yamada
Radiation Reimagined: How MSK Experts in Radiation Oncology Are Transforming Care for Metastatic Cancer

Learn how radiation oncologists at Memorial Sloan Kettering are making radiation therapy for metastatic cancer more effective, with fewer side effects, including a new advance called ECHO.