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.

CDK9 and Cancer

Secondary Brain Cancer

Cancer Pain

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Cancer Symptoms

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Cancer Research

Cancer Management

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What Causes Cancer?

Cancer History

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

What is Tumorigenesis?

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Insights into Oncofertility

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Secondary Lung Cancer

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Cancer Prognosis

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Cancer Diagnosis

Cancer Pain Management

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Pediatric Cancer

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

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

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Cancer Pathophysiology

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

What is Cancer?

Living with Cancer Pain

Cancer Epidemiology

Cancer Glossary

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

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Cancer Classification

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Latest Cancer News and Research

Study reveals a therapeutic vulnerability in aggressive subtype of triple-negative breast cancer

A new study published today in Science Translational Medicine by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center details a therapeutic vulnerability in patients with an aggressive subtype of triple-negative breast cancer.

26 Dec 2025

Brain imaging reveals how stimulant drugs improve performance in ADHD

Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including in children.

26 Dec 2025

Researchers develop mild mitochondrial uncouplers for obesity treatment

Researchers have developed experimental drugs that encourage the mitochondria in our cells to work a little harder and burn more calories. The findings could open the door to new treatments for obesity and improve metabolic health.

24 Dec 2025

Alcohol consumption plays a major role in India’s mouth cancer burden

Even a low daily intake of alcohol--just 9 g or around one standard drink-is linked to a 50% heightened risk of mouth (buccal mucosa) cancer in India, with the greatest risk associated with locally brewed alcohol, finds a large comparative study, published online in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.

23 Dec 2025

Restoring brain energy balance reverses Alzheimer’s disease in mouse models

For over a century, Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been considered irreversible. Consequently, research has focused on disease prevention or slowing, rather than recovery.

23 Dec 2025

Discovery of fat-regulating enzyme points to a new obesity therapy

Obesity is a global epidemic and a major cause of morbidity and mortality because it increases the risk for comorbidities, including heart disease and fatty liver disease (MASLD).

23 Dec 2025

Artificial intelligence improves risk stratification in oropharyngeal cancer

A team led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has developed and validated an artificial intelligence (AI)–based noninvasive tool that can predict the likelihood that a patient's oropharyngeal cancer-a type of head and neck cancer that develops in the throat-will spread, thereby signaling which patients should receive aggressive treatment.

23 Dec 2025

Study validates OVCAR3 as a model for high-grade serous ovarian cancer

A new research paper was published in Volume 12 of Oncoscience on October 14, 2025, titled "Bridging clinical insight and laboratory model in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) using DNA sequencing-based profiling of TP53."

23 Dec 2025

AI analysis maps a century of global aging research

A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 11 of Aging-US on November 25, 2025, titled "A natural language processing–driven map of the aging research landscape."

23 Dec 2025

CT-based quantification of tumor fibrosis guides chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer

On October 3, 2025, a multicenter team from Shenzhen University, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Wuxi People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, among others jointly reported a novel noninvasive method for quantifying tumor fibrosis based on preoperative enhanced CT.

23 Dec 2025

High-fat cheese and cream consumption links to lower dementia risk over 25 years

Higher intake of high-fat cheese and cream was associated with a lower risk of all-cause dementia over 25 years in a large Swedish cohort, while low-fat dairy showed no association. Associations were strongest for vascular dementia and among APOE ε4 non-carriers, with findings remaining observational.

23 Dec 2025

Polysaccharide functionalized carbon dot nanovaccine boosts antitumor T cell responses

Recent advancements in cancer vaccine development have demonstrated their potential for precise tumor targeting through antigen-specific immune activation.

23 Dec 2025

Researchers explore a promising approach to enhance the immune system's ability to fight cancer

Researchers at the University of Sharjah are exploring a promising approach that could enhance the immune system's ability to fight cancer, potentially paving the way for new treatments.

23 Dec 2025

Medical bills can be vexing and perplexing. Here’s this year’s best advice for patients.

A Texas boy's second dose of the MMRV vaccine cost over $1,400. A Pennsylvania woman's long-acting birth control cost more than $14,000.

23 Dec 2025

THC products provide small improvements in pain but carry side effects

A new systematic evidence review finds that cannabis products that carry relatively high levels of the psychoactive compound tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly known as THC, may provide short-term improvements in pain and function.

22 Dec 2025

Researchers create the most detailed 3D maps of the human genome

In a landmark effort to understand how the physical structure of our DNA influences human biology, Northwestern investigators and the 4D Nucleome Project have unveiled the most detailed maps to date of the genome's three‑dimensional organization across time and space, according to a new study published in Nature.

22 Dec 2025