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.

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Cancer Epidemiology

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Cancer Symptoms

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

Living with Cancer Pain

Cancer Glossary

Cancer History

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Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Pediatric Cancer

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Secondary Lung Cancer

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

What is Tumorigenesis?

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Insights into Oncofertility

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Myc Mutations and Cancer

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Secondary Brain Cancer

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Cancer Diagnosis

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Cancer Pain

Targeted Cancer Therapies

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

Cancer Management

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

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

Cancer Pain Management

Cancer Research

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

What Causes Cancer?

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Cancer Classification

Cancer Prognosis

CDK9 and Cancer

What is Cancer?

Cancer Pathophysiology

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Latest Cancer News and Research

Mayo Clinic enters new medical era with precure research

Mayo Clinic researchers are uncovering the earliest shifts in disease biology - long before symptoms appear - revealing how disease takes root and opening new possibilities to identify, predict and potentially prevent disease before symptoms develop.

30 Oct 2026

Targeting specific enzyme reverses radiation-induced immune suppression in cancer

Researchers at the University of Chicago identified a mechanism to make immune cells reprogrammed by radiation therapy attack tumors rather than protect them.

30 Oct 2026

Targeting ANO6 protein weakens pancreatic cancer and boosts immunity

Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers identified a potential therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer after showing that tumor growth can be slowed and immune suppression can be reduced in preclinical trials by blocking a particular protein, called anoctamin 6 (ANO6).

30 Oct 2026

Tailoring prostate cancer radiotherapy to body clock could cut long-term side effects

A study by Leicester researchers shows that the timing of radiotherapy treatment may be as important as how it is given for prostate cancer patients.

30 Oct 2026

Platelet hyperactivity drives glioblastoma progression and deep vein thrombosis

New Cleveland Clinic research published in Cancer Cell shows that people with glioblastoma have more active platelets, which are cells involved in blood clotting. Platelets also communicate with other cells and can influence immune activity. The overactive platelets in people with glioblastoma slow the activity of cancer-fighting T cells, which can contribute to tumor growth and cancer progression.

30 Oct 2026

Research addresses critical gap in nonverbal palliative nursing decisions

Flinders University research published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing has examined how specialist palliative care nurses navigate these complex decisions, and found they draw on clinical expertise, ethical judgement, close observation and family engagement to guide care during a patient's final days.

30 Oct 2026

Major studies identify accurate non-invasive tests for liver disease

Two major international studies have delivered the strongest evidence to date on which non-invasive tests can accurately diagnose and measure the severity of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and its more severe form, MASH, reducing reliance on liver biopsy.

29 Oct 2026

Multivitamins boost key vitamin levels, but do they improve your health?

A scoping review of 157 clinical trial reports found that multivitamins consistently improved circulating levels of folate, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12, while other nutritional and clinical effects varied by formulation, population, and baseline nutritional status. Selected prenatal and cognitive outcomes improved in some trials, but evidence for cardiovascular disease prevention was largely negative, and the review could not establish the overall certainty of clinical benefits.

29 Oct 2026

$3.7 million grant awarded to assess the impact of testosterone on binge eating

A team of clinical scientists from the Michigan State University Department of Psychology and Texas A&M University’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has been awarded a $3.7 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to assess the impact of testosterone on binge eating risk in women.

29 Oct 2026

Can broccoli sprouts help with insulin resistance? New review offers clues

A review published in the British Journal of Nutrition examines how carotenoids and bioactive compounds in Brassicaceae microgreens may influence obesity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes through metabolic and inflammatory pathways. Small human trials involving broccoli sprouts have reported improvements in selected metabolic markers, but larger, longer-term studies are needed to establish their clinical benefits.

29 Oct 2026

Researchers find simple way to boost engineered T-cell therapies

Researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a promising new strategy to make cancer-fighting immune cells stronger and potentially longer-lasting, a discovery that could help improve the effectiveness of immunotherapies that use a patient's own immune cells to attack cancer.

29 Oct 2026

New study identifies potential targets for KRAS-related treatment resistance

Decoding of messenger RNA (mRNA) occurs during translation, the vital cellular process that builds proteins. Errors in this process are known to lead to cancer growth.

29 Oct 2026

New mechanism helps cancer cells selectively produce proteins that drive tumor growth

A previously unknown mechanism helps cancer cells selectively produce proteins that drive tumor growth - such as KRAS - in common cancers, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

29 Oct 2026

New study reveals why colorectal cancer is more aggressive in youth

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers, along with Mass General Brigham researchers from the Gene Lay Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, and the Broad Institute, have uncovered biological clues to why colorectal cancer can behave more aggressively in younger people.

29 Oct 2026

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