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.

Metabolic Flexibility in Cancer: How Diet and Nutrition Shape Tumor Survival and Resistance

Cancer cells survive therapy by dynamically rewiring their metabolism in response to nutrient availability, microenvironmental stress, and therapeutic pressure. This article explains how dietary interventions may exploit metabolic flexibility and plasticity to enhance treatment response while accounting for tumor heterogeneity.

Cancer Management

Cancer Glossary

Pediatric Cancer

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

What Causes Cancer?

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Cancer Research

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Cancer Pain Management

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Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

What is Tumorigenesis?

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

Cancer Prognosis

Cancer History

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

CDK9 and Cancer

Insights into Oncofertility

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Cured Meats, Nitrates, and Cancer Risk: Why Food Source and Processing Matter

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

What is Cancer?

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Secondary Lung Cancer

Secondary Brain Cancer

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

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

Cancer Classification

Cancer Diagnosis

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Cancer Symptoms

Living with Cancer Pain

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Cancer Pain

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Cancer Epidemiology

Cancer Pathophysiology

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Latest Cancer News and Research

Epidemiologist investigates environmental risks to protect vulnerable cancer patients

Judy Ou, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist-which is, according to her, "the nerdiest kind of detective ever."

6 Nov 2026

NIH award supports research into ovarian cancer and neural connections

One of the biggest breakthroughs in modern cancer treatment doesn't attack cancer directly. Instead, immunotherapy harnesses the body's immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells.

6 Nov 2026

Immune cell differences may explain sex-specific obesity responses

University of California, Riverside scientists have an explanation for why males and females respond differently to obesity.

6 Nov 2026

Study maps key regions driving inflammation in aging hearts

Scientists have long known that aging drives inflammation in the heart, but exactly how those changes are distributed throughout the organ has remained unclear.

6 Nov 2026

Pancreatic cancer shows distinct biological differences across racial groups

New research from the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center found biological differences in pancreatic cancer tumors and immune environments, opening the possibility for more personalized treatments for different populations.

6 Nov 2026

IITGN research explores new approach to tackling drug-resistant glioblastoma

Cancer remains among the most deadly diseases worldwide. Globally, more than 300,000 new cases of brain cancer are reported each year, with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, accounting for over 250,000 deaths.

6 Nov 2026

Light-powered reaction gives discarded drug compounds new potential

Throughout the drug development process, which can take a decade or more, tens of thousands of chemical compounds are produced that never go on to become medicines.

6 Nov 2026

Five UK research hubs to develop technologies for healthier lives

Five new research and partnership hubs are being backed by over £52 million from the UK government through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to develop tools that help people stay healthier for longer.

6 Nov 2026

Harvard-led team receives $7 million to develop AI co-scientists for cancer research

A team led by Marinka Zitnik, associate professor of biomedical informatics in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, has received a grant of nearly $7 million from Cancer Grand Challenges to create artificial intelligence (AI) "co-scientists" that help cancer researchers analyze data, generate hypotheses, and suggest new experiments, speeding new knowledge and therapies.

6 Nov 2026

Stony Brook-developed cancer drug advances to human clinical trials

A promising new cancer chemotherapeutic agent from a taxane class of natural compounds – anti-cancer agents designed to block cell division and trigger the programmed cell death to treat sold tumors – originally developed by researchers at Stony Brook University has entered human clinical trials.

6 Nov 2026

Advanced tumor profiling uncovers hidden hereditary cancer-predisposition syndrome

Using next-generation sequencing (NGS) to profile tumor cells from patients with solid tumors, researchers at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS identified genetic alterations associated with cancer predisposition in 10% of the subjects examined.

6 Nov 2026

New review outlines role of extracellular vesicles in cancer and aging

A new review was published in Volume 13 of Oncoscience on September 30, 2026, titled "Extracellular vesicles in health, aging and disease."

6 Nov 2026

Study uncovers new shortcut mechanism behind cancer cell division

Living cells are one of the few materials that can replicate themselves, and this is crucial for tissue development and recovering from injury or illness.

6 Nov 2026

UT MD Anderson announces major expansion to transform cancer care

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced the historic expansion of its Texas Medical Center (TMC) campus through two new facilities: Inspiration Tower and Prism.

6 Nov 2026

Two common forever chemicals linked to higher incidence of ER-negative breast cancer

Women with higher blood levels of two common per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also familiarly known as PFAS, were more likely to develop estrogen receptor-negative, or ER-negative, breast cancer, according to a new study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

6 Nov 2026

China's stricter air quality standards can avert over 200,000 deaths

China introduced a 35 µg m⁻³ annual PM₂.₅ limit in 2012 and later cut population-weighted exposure from 62.8 to 29.7 µg m⁻³ between 2013 and 2024 through clean air actions.

6 Nov 2026

Towards a new approach to treating chronic blood disorders

A previously unrecognised weakness in the immune defenses against certain blood neoplasms could offer a promising target for future treatments.

6 Nov 2026

Developing brains may have a way to remove genetically abnormal neurons

A significant reduction in genetic abnormalities in cortical neurons occurs after birth, suggesting a selective elimination mechanism in brain development.

6 Nov 2026

Evaxion will present new target validation data for EVX-04, an off-the-shelf therapeutic vaccine for acute myeloid leukemia at ASH 2026 Meeting

Evaxion A/S (“Evaxion”), a clinical-stage TechBio company developing novel immunotherapies with its pioneering AI-Immunology™ platform, will present new data for EVX-04, an off-the-shelf therapeutic vaccine for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), in a poster session at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana, December 12-15, 2026.

5 Nov 2026

Novel method identifies active tRNAs during cellular protein synthesis

In a new study in Nature Methods, researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona describe a technique that looks only at the tRNAs on ribosomes busy making proteins.

5 Nov 2026