Karuna Ganesh: Featured News

Dr. Karuna Ganesh and Elizabeth Benitez in the lab.
How a Better Understanding of Metastasis May Lead to Better Cancer Treatment
Metastasis is responsible for about 9 of every 10 cancer deaths, and it remains one of the most daunting and least understood aspects of the disease. Researchers across MSK are approaching a wide variety of metastatic cancer types from many directions.
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Unlocking the Secrets of Cancer Metastasis: MSK Study Provides New Insights, Potential Therapeutic Opportunities
Metastasis remains the primary challenge to reducing cancer deaths worldwide. A new MSK study is providing unique insights that researchers say point to new therapeutic opportunities.
Hear the latest research about what may be contributing to the alarming trend of young people getting cancer earlier in their lives than previous generations.
What's Causing Cancer Rates to Rise in Gen X and Millennials?
Hear the latest research about what may be contributing to the alarming trend of young people getting cancer earlier in their lives than previous generations.
Hear from three women breaking new ground in the fields of cancer metastasis, immunology and philanthropy.
Women in Cancer: Meet Three Trailblazers at MSK
Hear from three women breaking new ground in the fields of cancer metastasis, immunology and philanthropy.
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The Convergence: Scientists Move toward a New Understanding of Metastatic Cancer
Through converging lines of research in stem cell biology, tissue regeneration, and immunity, Sloan Kettering Institute scientists are learning what makes metastatic cancer cells tick.
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What Does Cancer Metastasis Have to Do with Wound Healing? More than You Might Think
Scientists are learning that — in a literal sense — metastasis is wound healing gone wrong.