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.

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

What is Immunochemotherapy?

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

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Living with Cancer Pain

What is Tumorigenesis?

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Myc Mutations and Cancer

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Secondary Lung Cancer

Secondary Brain Cancer

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Cancer Classification

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Cancer Pain Management

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

CDK9 and Cancer

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Cancer Epidemiology

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Cancer Diagnosis

Insights into Oncofertility

Pediatric Cancer

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Cancer Symptoms

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

What Causes Cancer?

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Cancer Pain

Cancer Glossary

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Cancer Research

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Cancer Management

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

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

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Cancer Prognosis

What is Cancer?

Cancer Pathophysiology

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

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

Cancer History

Latest Cancer News and Research

How fast your face ages may predict cancer survival outcomes

The study links facial aging rates to cancer outcomes, suggesting a new prognostic tool that could personalize treatment and enhance patient survival.

1 May 2026

Food timing may shape how T cells respond to infection and therapy

Short-term nutritional state can reshape T cell metabolism, with post-meal lipid metabolism enhancing T cell metabolic capacity, cytokine production, and persistence after activation. The study identifies triglyceride-rich chylomicrons as key drivers of this effect, suggesting nutritional timing may matter for immune monitoring, vaccination research, and cell-therapy manufacturing.

30 Apr 2026

Cell division failure pathway determines fate after genome duplication

A new study shows that how a cell fails to divide after copying its DNA can determine its fate.

30 Apr 2026

Gentler treatment improves survival in children with relapsed leukemia

A gentler treatment for children whose leukemia has come back could boost survival and quality of life, a study led by a UCL academic has found.

30 Apr 2026

Daily self-moxibustion during chemotherapy found to be feasible and acceptable

Chemotherapy-induced pancytopenia remains a serious challenge in cancer care because falling blood counts can lead to treatment delays and dose reductions, with associated impact on survival, as well as potential infections, fatigue, and lower quality of life.

30 Apr 2026

Meth use accounts for nearly 1 in 6 heart attacks, California study shows

Methamphetamine (meth) use accounted for nearly 15% of heart attacks for a decade in a northern California study, published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

30 Apr 2026

Global cervical cancer gap may widen without stronger prevention efforts

While high-income countries like Canada could eliminate cervical cancer by 2048 through human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and screening, the gap with lower-income countries is widening.

30 Apr 2026

Impaired protein recycling drives T cell exhaustion in cancer

T cells are crucial components of our immune system, serving as critical protectors against infection and disease.

30 Apr 2026

Pretargeted radioimmunotherapy shows promise for colorectal cancer treatment

A new pretargeted radioimmunotherapy (PRIT) technique has been shown to be safe and effective in eradicating tumors from a preclinical colorectal cancer model.

30 Apr 2026

Retrieval-augmented AI improves accuracy in cancer care tools

Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are increasingly being explored in cancer care, but they can sometimes produce outdated or incorrect information. In medicine, where accuracy is critical, that risk is a serious concern.

30 Apr 2026

Strong governance needed before widespread use of medical AI

Flinders University experts are warning that artificial intelligence (AI) must be carefully evaluated and governed before it is adopted widely in healthcare, saying rapid advances do not automatically translate into safe use for patients.

30 Apr 2026

Extracellular vesicles from T cells enhance tumor immune response

Activated immune cells secrete tiny capsules bearing DNA that can enter other immune and tumor cells to stimulate the body's defense systems, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine.

30 Apr 2026

New CAR T cell design boosts persistence and reduces toxicity

CAR T-cell therapy has transformed the treatment of hematologic malignancies, yet many patients do not achieve lasting benefit – often because the infused cells fail to expand or persist.

30 Apr 2026

New screening tool predicts health risks for people living with obesity

A simple tool, developed by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité, could help identify which people living with obesity or overweight are most likely to develop serious obesity-related conditions such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

30 Apr 2026