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.

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Cancer plasticity allows tumor cells to change their identity, evade therapies, and adapt to environmental pressures, contributing to treatment resistance and metastasis. New research is targeting this adaptability through epigenetic drugs, immune checkpoint inhibitors, and strategies to limit phenotypic switching.

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Cancer Pain Management

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Cancer History

Cancer Glossary

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

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The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

CDK9 and Cancer

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Cancer Diagnosis

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Secondary Brain Cancer

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Cancer Prognosis

Cancer Management

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

Cancer Pain

Cancer Classification

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

What Causes Cancer?

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

What is Cancer?

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Secondary Lung Cancer

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

Cancer Research

Pediatric Cancer

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

What is Tumorigenesis?

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Cancer Symptoms

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Insights into Oncofertility

Cancer Pathophysiology

Living with Cancer Pain

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Cancer Epidemiology

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Latest Cancer News and Research

Cricket flour pasta offers a safe, sustainable protein alternative

A 10% cricket flour blend in pasta enhances protein and minerals, offering a sustainable solution to malnutrition without compromising safety or flavor.

11 Jul 2025

Hydrogels could be key to safer, smarter cancer drug delivery

Hydrogels could revolutionize cancer treatment by facilitating targeted drug delivery, reducing adverse effects, and enhancing therapeutic effectiveness.

11 Jul 2025

Weekly injectable drug offers hope for Parkinson's patients

A new weekly injectable drug could transform the lives of more than eight million people living with Parkinson's disease, potentially replacing the need for multiple daily tablets.

11 Jul 2025

Children from deprived areas face worse outcomes in intensive care

Children from ethnic minority backgrounds and those living in areas with higher levels of child poverty were more likely to die in intensive care than White children and those from the least deprived areas.

11 Jul 2025

New chemotherapy regimen improves fertility outcomes in young Hodgkin's lymphoma patients

Young patients with advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system, now have a better chance of having their own children after treatment.

10 Jul 2025

Mitochondria and peroxisomes work together to defend against cell damage

An international team led by researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Dalhousie University, the University of Exeter (UK) and the Medical University of Vienna (Austria) has uncovered a surprising way compartments within cells work together to defend themselves against oxidative stress, a finding that could shift how we understand age-associated conditions such as diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases.

10 Jul 2025

UCLA study may help explain why certain liver tumors return after thermal ablation

A new study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center may help explain why certain liver tumors return quickly after thermal ablation, a widely used minimally-invasive, image-guided technique that kills cancer cells by applying intense heat through a needle-like probe.

10 Jul 2025

New biosensor uses light and AI to detect cancer in its earliest stages

Dr. Ho Sang Jung and his research team from the Advanced Bio and Healthcare Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS) have developed an optical biosensor capable of detecting trace amounts of cancer cell DNA in the bloodstream with high sensitivity, enabling early cancer diagnosis.

10 Jul 2025

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Digesting Trump’s big budget law

As he had wanted, President Donald Trump signed his big budget bill into a big budget law in a White House ceremony on July 4, cementing, among other things, billions of dollars in cuts to health programs such as Medicaid.

10 Jul 2025

Does pomegranate seed oil really help your heart? New research weighs the evidence

This review explores the potential of punicic acid in pomegranate seed oil as a nutraceutical for cardiovascular health. While preclinical evidence is promising, robust human trials are needed to confirm its benefits.

10 Jul 2025

How hydrogels are shaping the future of targeted cancer drug delivery

A large-scale bibliometric analysis maps global research on hydrogels as next-generation drug delivery systems for cancer therapy. The study highlights emerging trends, key contributors, and future directions to advance precision medicine in oncology.

10 Jul 2025

Pasta gets a protein upgrade with eco-friendly cricket flour

Cricket flour is rich in protein, essential minerals, and healthy fats, offering a sustainable boost to the nutritional quality of wheat pasta. Adding just 10% cricket flour to pasta significantly improves nutrient content and meets daily amino acid requirements while ensuring food safety.

10 Jul 2025

Updated NeoVax cancer vaccine shows improved immune response in melanoma trial

Results of a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute-initiated phase 1 clinical trial for patients with melanoma show that an updated formula and delivery of the NeoVax personalized cancer vaccine called NeoVaxMI is safe, feasible, and improves the vaccine-specific immune response compared to previous trials of the platform.

10 Jul 2025

Understanding resistance to EGFR targeted therapies in head and neck cancers and breast cancer

A new review was published in Volume 16 of Oncotarget on June 25, 2025, titled "Challenges and resistance mechanisms to EGFR targeted therapies in head and neck cancers and breast cancer: Insights into RTK dependent and independent mechanisms."

10 Jul 2025

Large language models show promise in predicting liver cancer treatment response

A research team led by Prof. Hai Li from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has become the first to systematically explore how large language models (LLMs) can assist in predicting liver cancer treatment responses-offering a new path toward AI-powered precision medicine.

10 Jul 2025

New model can accurately predict lung motion during breathing

A research team led by Prof. LI Hai from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a new model that can accurately predict lung motion caused by breathing, offering safer and more precise options for lung biopsies and radiotherapy.

10 Jul 2025