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.

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Living with Cancer Pain

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

What Causes Cancer?

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

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

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Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Cancer History

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Cancer Epidemiology

Cancer Pain

Pediatric Cancer

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Cancer Research

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

What is Cancer?

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

CDK9 and Cancer

Secondary Lung Cancer

Insights into Oncofertility

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Cancer Classification

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

Cancer Management

Cancer Glossary

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Cancer Pathophysiology

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

What is Tumorigenesis?

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Cancer Symptoms

Cancer Diagnosis

Cancer Prognosis

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Secondary Brain Cancer

Cancer Pain Management

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Latest Cancer News and Research

Nutritionally similar meals might not affect your body the same way

Ultra-processed foods trigger distinct metabolic and brain responses, influencing insulin release and nutrient processing despite similar nutritional content.

8 Oct 2026

Sugar-rich foods may worsen antibiotic-related gut disruption

Sugar consumption during antibiotic treatment is linked to greater gut microbial disruption in transplant patients, emphasizing the need for dietary awareness.

8 Oct 2026

Mission success: Australian cancer research returns from space

Human stem cells from Adelaide University’s Centre for Cancer Biology have successfully travelled to the edge of space and back as part of a landmark mission for Australian cancer research.

8 Oct 2026

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Innovative techniques using electrical energy to treat bladder cancer may lower recurrence rates and minimize the need for radical surgical interventions.

8 Oct 2026

UK doctors transplant frozen testicular tissue to restore fertility

Doctors in Edinburgh have performed a pioneering procedure to transplant a young man's testicular tissue that was frozen before he underwent chemotherapy, in a potential breakthrough for male fertility preservation.

8 Oct 2026

Three NHS genetics labs fail to routinely share vital variant data

Three out of England's seven NHS genetics laboratories are failing to routinely share vital information about genetic variants in public databases that helps patients with rare diseases access diagnosis and care, reveals an investigation by The BMJ today.

8 Oct 2026

HPV vaccination may protect against adverse pregnancy outcomes

Having received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine before pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of major pregnancy complications including preterm birth, with the greater reduction in risk seen among women vaccinated at an earlier age, finds a large Swedish study published by The BMJ today.

8 Oct 2026

HPV vaccination linked to lower risk of pregnancy complications

The benefits of the HPV vaccine may extend beyond protection against cancer. In a study published in The BMJ, researchers at Karolinska Institutet found that women who had been vaccinated against HPV were less likely to experience several pregnancy and childbirth complications, particularly preterm birth.

7 Oct 2026

MD Anderson announces new roadmap to eliminate cervical cancer in Texas

On behalf of a statewide coalition of Texas health systems, academic institutions, community organizations and advocates, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced the Texas Lone Star Cervical Cancer Elimination Plan 2027-2032, a five-year roadmap to eliminate cervical cancer in Texas.

7 Oct 2026

Single tRNA controls prostate cancer identity and treatment resistance

Researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center have identified a previously overlooked molecular regulator that helps determine whether prostate tumors remain sensitive to treatment or evolve into a more aggressive, drug-resistant form of the disease.

7 Oct 2026

Nerve-stimulation device enters human trials for cancer-related cachexia

The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation announced today that OnVagus, a medical device company incubating at the Institute, has received institutional and regulatory approval to begin the first human trial of its noninvasive nerve-stimulation device for patients experiencing cancer-related wasting.

7 Oct 2026

High expression of CTDNEP1 gene linked to poorer kidney cancer survival

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common form of kidney cancer, accounting for about 90% of kidney cancers.

7 Oct 2026

Study reveals link between mtDNA copy number and cancer severity

Mitochondria are small organelles within cells that play a central role in vital cellular processes, especially energy production.

7 Oct 2026

UK first as frozen testicular tissue transplanted to help restore fertility

7 Oct 2026

As femtosecond lasers find new medical uses, Lithuanian manufacturer bets on scale to meet demand

A recent study, published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, found femtosecond laser imaging assesses lung tumor margins six times faster than the current standard, allowing surgeons to make life-saving decisions on how much tissue to remove while the patient is still in surgery.

7 Oct 2026

Poorly validated research antibodies linked to millions of wasted samples

A widespread failure to validate research antibodies before use is estimated to lead to the avoidable waste of millions of animal and human tissue samples worldwide, and an international expert panel has reached consensus on how to address the problem, according to two studies published October 6th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Harvinder Virk of the University of Leicester, UK, and colleagues.

6 Oct 2026

NCCN summit highlights strategies to improve cancer prevention and screening

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) hosted a two-day summit focused on expanding access to life-saving cancer prevention and screening.

6 Oct 2026

UCLA scientist develops new way to map cellular metabolism

Nutrition advice is everywhere. Eat more protein. Cut back on sugar. Get more fiber. But beneath all that advice is a surprisingly basic gap in our understanding: Scientists still have a limited view of what happens when specific nutrients reach individual cells inside the body.

6 Oct 2026

Global scientific collaboration brings hope to lobular breast cancer patients

Every October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month brings people around the world together under the pink ribbon to raise awareness, encourage early detection, support patients and fund research.

6 Oct 2026

UCLA researcher wins the 2026 Albany Prize for revolutionary cancer therapy discoveries

Dr. Dennis Slamon, a pioneering oncologist and researcher at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been awarded the 2026 Albany Prize for discoveries that transformed the understanding and treatment of cancer.

6 Oct 2026