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Learn more 20 News Items found In the Lab Researchers Uncover Potential Target for “Undruggable” Form of Liver Cancer Tuesday, September 30, 2014 In taking a new approach to finding treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma, MSK scientists have uncovered a potential drug target for this highly aggressive cancer. In the Lab Researchers Find Clues to How Breast Cancer Can Infiltrate the Brain Tuesday, August 19, 2014 A new study sheds light on what enables breast cancer cells to spread to the brain and presents a potential target for drugs. Decoder What Is Tumor Heterogeneity? Wednesday, July 2, 2014 Understanding tumor heterogeneity may be the next big quest in cancer science, as differences between cells within a tumor can have important consequences for how cancers are diagnosed and treated. Feature Turning to Bacteria for Cancer Clues Thursday, May 1, 2014 Approaches used for research into the social lives of bacteria can also be used to explore how tumors behave and evolve. In the Lab Holding On and Hiding Out: How Cancer Cells Spread to the Brain and Thrive Thursday, February 27, 2014 Researchers have gained new understanding of how tumors metastasize by studying the behavior of exceptional breast and lung cancer cells that are capable of entering the brain and surviving there. In the Lab Immune Cells in the Brain Could be Enlisted to Fight Glioblastoma Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers say a drug that acts on noncancerous, tumor-infiltrating cells might provide a new treatment option for the most common and aggressive type of brain cancer. In the Lab New Findings Clarify How Kidney Cancer Spreads to Distant Organs Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Scientists have identified genes and biological mechanisms that one day could be targeted with drugs to stop kidney cancer from spreading to the bone, brain, or other organs. In the Lab Researchers Shed Light on Why Some Breast Cancers Spread to the Lungs Friday, August 24, 2012 A new Memorial Sloan Kettering study has identified one of the proteins fueling the spread of some breast cancers, and researchers hope their findings will lead to the development of new diagnostic tools and drugs. In the Lab Study Links Cancer’s Ability to Spread with Chemotherapy Resistance Friday, July 6, 2012 A team of investigators from Memorial Sloan Kettering has shown for the first time that tumor growth, metastasis, and chemotherapy resistance are connected to the same molecular changes inside breast cancer cells. In the Lab Research Suggests New Drugs Could Boost the Effectiveness of Chemotherapy Friday, December 2, 2011 Recent findings by Memorial Sloan Kettering investigators suggest it might be possible to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy for breast cancer by combining the treatment with a new type of drug called a cathepsin inhibitor.