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.

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Insights into Oncofertility

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The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

CDK9 and Cancer

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Cancer Epidemiology

Pediatric Cancer

Cancer Management

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Cancer Symptoms

Living with Cancer Pain

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Cancer History

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

What is Cancer?

What is Tumorigenesis?

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

What Causes Cancer?

Cancer Research

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Cancer Pain Management

Cancer Classification

Secondary Brain Cancer

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Cancer Prognosis

Cancer Glossary

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Cancer Pain

Cancer Diagnosis

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Cancer Pathophysiology

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

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Targeted Cancer Therapies

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

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Secondary Lung Cancer

Latest Cancer News and Research

New study uncovers how prostate cancer cells evade treatment

Cancer cells are remarkably good at adapting to stress. When treatments damage them, they often find new ways to survive, fueling drug resistance and disease progression.

16 Jun 2026

Salt-loaded nanoparticles help deliver fragile gene therapies into cells

Researchers at the University of Houston's College of Pharmacy have discovered an unexpected simple strategy to improve the performance of mRNA vaccines and gene therapeutics: adding salt.

16 Jun 2026

Purdue develops next-generation platform to accelerate cancer drug discovery

Researchers at the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR) have developed a next-generation technology platform designed to dramatically accelerate one of the slowest and most challenging stages of cancer drug discovery: identifying promising compounds that could eventually become new therapies.

16 Jun 2026

Prebiotic fiber supplement reduces harmful gut metabolites and improves liver health

A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, was the first to investigate the effects of prebiotic xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) on fatty liver in humans.

16 Jun 2026

New USC clinical trial explores psilocybin for mental health

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the Brain and Creativity Institute at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center have launched the University of Southern California's first study of psychedelic therapy.

16 Jun 2026

Leica Biosystems launches AI-powered digital pathology solution in Europe, Middle East and Africa

With the Aperio GT Elite, Leica Biosystems advances digital pathology in EMEA, combining high-throughput scanning with innovative AI quality control features.

From Leica Biosystems 16 Jun 2026

Prevention proves cheaper than treatment for Li-Fraumeni syndrome

Screening people with the rare, inherited cancer-causing condition Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) brings both medical and economic benefits to patients and healthcare systems, according to research to be presented to the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today (Tuesday).

15 Jun 2026

Secondhand smoke exposure linked to higher blood cadmium levels

A new study finds that adults who simply breathe in secondhand cigarette smoke have about 1.5 times more of the toxin cadmium in their blood than people in smoke-free environments.

15 Jun 2026

Tiny genetic change influences coronavirus spillover into humans

Most pandemics start when a pathogen spreads from animals to humans. It's a leading explanation for the COVID-19 pandemic: the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is a cousin to coronaviruses that live in bats.

15 Jun 2026

NHS dental costs will hit £5.3 billion as older adults carry the burden

A UK cost-of-illness projection estimates that direct NHS dental treatment costs for adult caries and periodontal disease will rise by 20%, from £4.42 billion in 2020 to £5.30 billion by 2050. The burden shifts strongly toward older adults and severe disease, supporting prevention and earlier intervention as NHS dental planning priorities.

15 Jun 2026

Dr. Dan Landau receives Lotus Award for ovarian cancer research

Dr. Dan Landau, the Bibliowicz Family Professor of Medicine, and a member of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center and the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a Lotus Award from the Pershing Square Foundation for research aimed at uncovering new immunotherapy targets in ovarian cancer.

15 Jun 2026

Engineered silica nanoparticles destroy prostate tumors in preclinical study

Prostate-targeted, engineered nanoparticles made of amorphous silica are effective in killing prostate tumors directly while enhancing anti-tumor immunity, according to a preclinical study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Cornell College of Engineering.

15 Jun 2026

Blocking a specific protein improves CAR T-cell therapy success in patients with blood cancers

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Researchers have identified a target that may improve the response of CAR T-cell therapy, a treatment for patients with recurrent or difficult to treat blood cancers.

15 Jun 2026

Neutrophils reduce the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy in mice

A type of white blood cell in the immune system, known as neutrophils, can make cancer immunotherapy less effective. This is shown in a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Immunity.

15 Jun 2026

Tumor microenvironment drives drug resistance in lung cancer subtypes

A study by the University of Barcelona has discovered why the two main types of lung cancer — adenocarcinoma of the lung and squamous cell carcinoma — respond differently to anti-angiogenic therapy, that is, drugs that block the formation of new blood vessels that tumors need in order to grow.

15 Jun 2026

Massive study maps national medicine trends and health inequalities

The team from the BHF Data Science Centre at Health Data Research UK and the University of Liverpool say this type of analysis can offer opportunities for smarter and safer prescribing in their study published in the journal Nature Health.

15 Jun 2026

Dual-target CAR T therapy triggers broad immune response in brain cancer

Dual-target CAR T cell therapy for recurrent glioblastoma (GBM), delivered directly into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), triggers a broad immune response, with natural killer (NK) cell activation linked to better patient outcomes and longer overall survival.

15 Jun 2026

Targeted reminders increase serious illness conversations in cancer care

New research in the June 2026 issue of JNCCN-Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds that small, targeted prompts delivered to both patients and providers at the right moment can significantly increase the number of serious illness conversations that take place.

15 Jun 2026

Light-controlled molecular switch wakes lung cancer cells for treatment

Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a molecular switch that is controlled by light. It wakes lung cancer cells up from a protective dormant state so that they are more accessible for treatment.

15 Jun 2026

Novel analysis identifies unique proliferation gene alterations in diverse cancer patients

New research to be presented today (Monday) at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics shows that a cancer patient's genetic ancestry can have a significant effect both on how their disease progresses and their survival. In the largest study of its kind, researchers examined nearly 1,900 specific genetic changes in tumors in order to measure whether certain mutations were more common in patients with different historic geographic origins.

15 Jun 2026