Cancer

Cancer refers to a group of more than a hundred diseases that can originate in many different parts of the body. Cancer begins in your cells, which are the building blocks of your body.

What is Cancer?

Cancer is refers to a group of more than a hundred diseases that can originate in many different parts of the body.

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Discovery of Blood Cancer Cells that show Plasma Cell-Like Differentiation

Nanostructured toxins for the selective destruction of drug-resistant human CXCR4style+ colorectal cancer stem cells

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Latest Cancer News and Research

Lung cancer screening yields early diagnoses and increased cure rates in veterans

Among US veterans diagnosed with lung cancer through the Veterans Health Administration healthcare system, those who underwent screening before diagnosis were more likely to be diagnosed with earlier stage disease and had a higher cure rate than those who had not been screened.

10 Jun 2024

Glowing marker dye gives medics a 'second pair of eyes' during prostate cancer surgery

A glowing marker dye that sticks to prostate cancer cells could help surgeons to remove them in real-time, according to a study funded by Cancer Research UK.

10 Jun 2024

Do taste genes influence how much alcohol we drink and our body fat?

Study examines how polymorphisms in bitter taste receptor genes relate to alcohol consumption and body fat percentage, revealing significant associations with TAS2R13 but not TAS2R38.

9 Jun 2024

Novel insights into the underlying, contributing, and direct causes of death in Australia

Coronary heart disease (CHD) was involved in 1 in 5 deaths in 2022 when using all of the information included on the medical death certificate, according to a new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) release revealing what Australians are most likely to die from.

8 Jun 2024

Berotralstat: A promising oral treatment for hereditary angioedema with normal C1-inhibitor

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced new real-world evidence showing that patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE) who have normal C1-inhibitor (HAE-nC1-INH) level and function had a reduction in monthly attack rates after starting oral, once-daily berotralstat.

8 Jun 2024

WHO and FIND join forces to accelerate diagnostic innovation and access

FIND and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that lays the foundation for accelerating innovation and achieving equitable access to quality diagnostics for people globally.

8 Jun 2024

Novel Concepts Medical's plant-based formula achieves 99% reduction in cancer cell viability

Novel Concepts Medical is proud to announce breakthrough results from its labs in Israel showing that its plant-based formula resulted in over 99% decrease in cell viability of breast cancer cells and lung cancer cells.

8 Jun 2024

New therapeutic target discovered for treatment-resistant melanoma

An international research team led by scientists from the University of Liège (Belgium) has discovered an interesting new therapeutic target for the treatment of melanoma resistant to targeted therapies.

8 Jun 2024

Study reveals poor access to cancer care appointments across languages

Researchers at the University of Michigan are finding that many patients may be encountering significant barriers to cancer care, even from their first phone call to a clinic.

7 Jun 2024

Inherited gene sequences predict breast cancer type and severity, study reveals

A Stanford Medicine study of thousands of breast cancers has found that the gene sequences we inherit at conception are powerful predictors of the breast cancer type we might develop decades later and how deadly it might be.

7 Jun 2024

Unlocking the potential of ubiquitin-proteasome system in cancer treatment

A new editorial paper was published in Oncoscience (Volume 11) on May 6, 2024, entitled, "Restoring our ubiquitination machinery to overcome resistance in cancer therapy."

7 Jun 2024

Moffitt Cancer Center leads the way in revolutionizing cancer treatment with bioengineering

Bioengineering is revolutionizing cancer research, and Moffitt Cancer Center is at the forefront of this transformative movement.

7 Jun 2024

How increased mTOR activity shortens lifespan and promotes aging-related diseases

The reality of a population who is aging at an accelerated rate makes it a priority to understand what happens in the body over time, on a molecular scale.

7 Jun 2024

Understanding cancer progression through noninvasive two-color "diffuse in vivo flow cytometry"

In the relentless fight against cancer, a new technology promises to shed light on how we track and understand the spread of this disease within the body.

7 Jun 2024

Curcumin-based inhibition of thiol isomerases: A potential treatment for food allergies

Clinton Mathias, associate professor of nutritional sciences in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR), has discovered a potential new treatment for allergic reactions.

7 Jun 2024

New biological mechanism uncovered for treating breast cancer metastasis to the brain

A study led by researchers from the University of Arizona Cancer Center at UArizona Health Sciences identified a biological mechanism that could lead to more effective treatments for breast cancer that has metastasized to the brain.

7 Jun 2024

New soft-robotic device restores natural esophageal motion for improved digestion

A team of Vanderbilt researchers has developed a wirelessly activated device that mimics the wavelike muscular function in the esophagus and small intestine responsible for transporting food and viscous fluids for digestion.

7 Jun 2024

Targeting epigenetic enzymes in dendritic cells to improve cancer immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is one of the pillars in the fight against cancer and aims to enable the body's own immune system to fight a tumor.

7 Jun 2024

Flavor restrictions has the potential to reduce socioeconomic disparities in tobacco use

Restricting menthol flavor in cigarettes while making nicotine replacement therapy, such as a skin patch that can help ease withdrawal, more available and affordable has the potential to reduce socioeconomic disparities in tobacco use.

6 Jun 2024

Advanced imaging reveals hidden differences in T cell activation

From the outside, most T cells look the same: small and spherical. Now, a team of researchers led by Berend Snijder from the Institute of Molecular Systems Biology at ETH Zurich has taken a closer look inside these cells using advanced techniques.

6 Jun 2024