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.

Secondary Brain Cancer

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Secondary Lung Cancer

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

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Cancer Classification

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

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Cancer Pathophysiology

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Pediatric Cancer

Cancer Pain

Insights into Oncofertility

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Living with Cancer Pain

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

What Causes Cancer?

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Cancer Pain Management

Cancer Epidemiology

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Targeted Cancer Therapies

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

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Cancer Research

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

CDK9 and Cancer

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Cancer Management

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Cancer History

What is Cancer?

What is Tumorigenesis?

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Cancer Diagnosis

Cancer Glossary

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Cancer Symptoms

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Cancer Prognosis

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

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

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Latest Cancer News and Research

New Yale initiative explores the role of inflammation in disease

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) was awarded a $10 million grant from the Blavatnik Family Foundation (BFF) to launch a new research initiative in the field of inflammation science.

29 Oct 2026

Circadian desynchronization: The hidden cost of daylight saving time transitions

Turning the clocks back an hour each fall can feel like a gift: an extra hour of sleep. But the tradeoff is less daylight in the evening, and the annual switch continues to earn mixed reviews.

29 Oct 2026

Unraveling the mystery behind lower cancer risks in type 1 diabetes patients

New research in The Journal of Immunology uncovers how high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) and type 1 diabetes (T1D) may protect against certain cancers like melanoma, breast and colon cancer. T1D has been associated with a decreased risk of certain cancers, but the exact reasons why have remained a mystery. New data from studies in mice, now shows that it could be due to changes in immune cells, called T cells, caused by hyperglycemia.

29 Oct 2026

Mutated neutrophils may trigger immune attacks in lupus

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and the University of Washington (UW) have discovered that patients with lupus have unusual mutations that may turn their bodies into battlegrounds.

28 Oct 2026

Thyroid cancer risks and medication timing with oral GLP-1s

Like most prescriptions, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) medications to manage weight come with potential risks.

28 Oct 2026

Soft robotic enteroscope offers a new approach to small intestine examination

An innovative robotic device inspired by snake movement could someday help gastroenterologists diagnose and treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other disorders of the small intestine and remove small polyps while reducing trauma to the organ's delicate tissues.

28 Oct 2026

Cedars-Sinai initiative helps LGBTQ+ communities overcome barriers to quitting tobacco

Quitting tobacco can be difficult, especially when people face barriers to healthcare or lack support that reflects their experiences.

28 Oct 2026

COMPASS pathway helps regulatory T cells prevent intestinal inflammation

Trillions of bacteria live in the human gut without triggering an immune response. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have now discovered a gene-regulatory pathway that helps maintain this delicate balance.

28 Oct 2026

Narrow surgical margins may safely remove childhood soft tissue sarcomas

It's a question that surgeons often face: How much surrounding healthy tissue should they take out when removing a patient's cancer to be sure it is fully eliminated? Removing more can sacrifice nearby nerves, blood vessels, tendons and even joints, with lasting effects on quality of life.

28 Oct 2026

Identical twins showed a survival divide when only one had Parkinson’s

Researchers followed 54 twin pairs discordant for Parkinson’s disease and found substantially higher 10-year mortality among affected twins, including in genetically identical pairs. They also observed more frequent constipation among affected twins, but dietary and nutritional differences were limited, with secondary findings requiring confirmation.

28 Oct 2026

UCSF scientists develop smart CAR-T cells to fight childhood brain tumors

Scientists at UC San Francisco have engineered CAR-T cells that stay dormant until they reach the brain, where they switch on and destroy tumor cells.

28 Oct 2026

Dual-targeting antibody successfully tackles multiple tumor types in mice

A novel antibody therapy empowers the immune system's tumor-fighting capabilities in mice by targeting immune-suppressing T cells with greater precision than previous approaches, according to new work.

28 Oct 2026

University of Utah researchers discover backup energy system in the heart

The heart is the hardest-working muscle in the body, beating constantly no matter what the body's energy reserves look like.

28 Oct 2026

Targeted drug combination extends survival in advanced kidney cancer

Results of a phase 1/2 trial led by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center show that combining the targeted therapies bevacizumab (Avastin) and pazopanib (Votrient) significantly extends both progression-free and overall survival in patients with the most common type of kidney cancer.

28 Oct 2026

Brain development eliminates flawed neurons to ensure genomic integrity

During fetal development, the human brain generates an excess of neurons, most of which are eliminated shortly before and after birth.

28 Oct 2026

Landmark studies map how genetic differences drive human diseases

In three landmark studies published in Nature today, Australian researchers have made major advances in our understanding of how genetic differences between people influence disease.

28 Oct 2026

Study identifies common mechanism behind widespread cancer mutations

A family of mutations seen in about 20% of human cancers drives malignancy by changing the accessibility of genes to a particular regulatory protein, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

28 Oct 2026

Overcoming cancer stigma requires policy changes and public education

Cancer-related discrimination arises from long-lasting cultural and institutional misconceptions, with significant impacts on every part of a person's quality of life and health – and Flinders University researchers say it requires coordinated policy, legal, institutional and public education responses for change to occur.

28 Oct 2026

UK study identifies ways to improve bowel cancer detection in IBD patients

The first UK-wide analysis of bowel screening for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has identified opportunities to improve the early detection of cancer.

27 Oct 2026

Lab-on-a-chip technology helps predict childhood leukemia treatment responses

More than 120,000 people in the U.S. are living with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and 6,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. Of those, more than 3,500 will be in children.

27 Oct 2026