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.

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

What Causes Cancer?

CDK9 and Cancer

Secondary Lung Cancer

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

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Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Cancer Prognosis

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Pediatric Cancer

Cancer Management

Cancer Pain

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Cancer History

What is Cancer?

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Secondary Brain Cancer

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

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?

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Cancer Pathophysiology

What is Immunochemotherapy?

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

Cancer Symptoms

Insights into Oncofertility

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Living with Cancer Pain

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

What is Tumorigenesis?

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Cancer Pain Management

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

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

Cancer Glossary

Cancer Epidemiology

Cancer Classification

Cancer Research

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Cancer Diagnosis

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Latest Cancer News and Research

Why pulses could play a bigger role in healthy and sustainable diets

A narrative review finds that pulses may support gut and metabolic health through their fiber, protein, phytochemicals, and interactions with the gut microbiota, while offering a lower environmental footprint than many animal protein sources. Human evidence is strongest for selected cardiometabolic outcomes, while many microbiome and fermentation-related benefits remain supported mainly by animal and laboratory studies.

9 Aug 2026

New drug delivers promising survival gains in pancreatic cancer

About 90% of people with pancreatic cancer have pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which is driven by an activating mutation in the KRAS gene.

9 Aug 2026

Study identifies barriers to equitable pediatric cancer trial participation

While Black and Hispanic families are enthusiastic about research participation, other provider- and systems-focused factors may influence their involvement in pediatric oncology clinical trials, a UT Southwestern Medical Center-led study has found.

9 Aug 2026

Integrated nanomaterials offer new strategies for cancer immunotherapy

Immune checkpoint inhibitors, cancer vaccines and cellular therapies have reshaped oncology, yet most patients still do not achieve lasting benefit.

9 Aug 2026

Single-use endoscope aims to improve gastric cancer screening

Gastric cancer screening in Japan still relies heavily on double-contrast X-ray imaging, commonly known as the barium test.

9 Aug 2026

Thinning cancer cells' sugar coating could expose tumors to immune attack

Like spies evading detection through being masters of disguise, many cancer cells are adorned with a copious coat of sugar-derived molecules that throws the proverbial hounds of our immune systems off the scent.

7 Aug 2026

Two-gene interaction reveals metastatic risk in breast cancer

Why do some breast cancer patients face a much higher risk of distant metastasis, while others with seemingly similar disease experience far better outcomes?

7 Aug 2026

Growth hormone therapy improves height after childhood stem cell transplants

Growth impairment is a common late effect of childhood stem cell transplantation. A Japan-wide study found that growth hormone therapy improves adult height, but prior radiation therapy and transplant-related complications negatively affect how much children benefit.

7 Aug 2026

Researchers find a new genetic vulnerability in acute myeloid leukemia

A study published in Nature Cell Biology reports a new vulnerability in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that might lead to novel therapies to treat this cancer while minimizing harm to normal cells.

7 Aug 2026

Piezo ion channels: Key regulators of digestive health and disease

Mechanosensitive Piezo ion channels, particularly Piezo1 and Piezo2, are gaining recognition as central regulators of digestive system physiology and disease.

7 Aug 2026

New review explores purinergic signaling pathways in osteoarthritis progression

A growing understanding of purinergic signaling is reshaping how scientists view osteoarthritis (OA), revealing an intricate communication network that influences joint inflammation, cartilage degeneration, bone remodeling, and chronic pain.

7 Aug 2026

Exhausted T cells balance graft tolerance and infection risk

A comprehensive new review examines the complex role of T cell exhaustion in organ transplantation, highlighting how this dysfunctional immune state can both promote graft tolerance and create vulnerabilities to infection and malignancy.

7 Aug 2026

Researchers discover smart molecular glue that activates inside oxidative cancer cells

Investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a platform for systematically discovering molecular glues that could become protein degradation drug candidates.

7 Aug 2026

Disrupted RNA methylation pathway accelerates Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s risks

A growing understanding of RNA biology is reshaping how scientists view the relationship between environmental toxicants, brain development, and neurodegenerative disease.

7 Aug 2026

Metabolic stress triggers long-lasting immune system changes in diabetes patients

A growing understanding of trained immunity, a form of long-lasting immune system adaptation, is reshaping how scientists view diabetes and its many complications.

7 Aug 2026

Air pollution in pregnancy raises birth risks differently across trimesters

A population-based study of 26,582 live singleton births in Madrid found that associations between NO₂ exposure and adverse birth outcomes varied by pregnancy stage, with key patterns emerging in the first and third trimesters.

6 Aug 2026

Nicotine gum may make smokeless tobacco withdrawal easier to manage

A randomized trial found that 2 mg nicotine gum controlled craving, anxiety, and sleep problems more effectively than behavioral counselling during smokeless tobacco cessation. Although abstinence rates were numerically higher with nicotine gum, the differences were not statistically significant, highlighting the need for larger studies.

6 Aug 2026