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.

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Cancer Classification

Cancer Epidemiology

Cancer Pathophysiology

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Cancer History

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

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Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

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

Cancer Symptoms

What Causes Cancer?

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Insights into Oncofertility

Cancer Diagnosis

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

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Living with Cancer Pain

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Cancer Pain Management

CDK9 and Cancer

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

What is Immunochemotherapy?

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

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Pediatric Cancer

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Cancer Prognosis

Myc Mutations and Cancer

What is Tumorigenesis?

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Secondary Lung Cancer

Cancer Management

Cancer Research

Cancer Pain

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

What is Cancer?

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Cancer Glossary

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Secondary Brain Cancer

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Latest Cancer News and Research

Most veterans with low-risk prostate cancer choose active surveillance

Three decades after UC San Francisco pioneered "active surveillance" for patients with low-risk prostate cancer, a new study has found that the vast majority of veterans with the diagnosis pursued this option instead of treatment.

13 Aug 2026

Astrocytes found to directly regulate memory consolidation during sleep

Research has shown that a good night's sleep has many benefits, including memory consolidation. How sleep enables the brain to strengthen memories is still not completely understood, but a new study published in Neuron reveals how astrocytes, brain cells known for supporting neurons and their functions, can directly regulate brain circuits involved in memory consolidation.

13 Aug 2026

Dyadic coping mediates cancer recurrence fear and survivor depression

Advances in diagnosis and treatment have extended survival for many people with gastrointestinal cancer, increasing attention to their long-term psychological health.

13 Aug 2026

AI model predicts cancer subtype, genetic mutations, and survival outcomes across 32 solid tumors

Researchers have developed a novel AI model that can analyze a routine whole histopathology image and simultaneously predict cancer subtype, specific genetic mutations, and survival outcomes across 32 different solid cancers rather than focusing on a single cancer type.

13 Aug 2026

Preoperative combination therapy improves head and neck cancer outcomes

Patients with head and neck cancer who received chemotherapy in addition to immunotherapy before surgery had a significantly reduced tumor size at the time of operation than patients who received immunotherapy alone.

13 Aug 2026

Smokers lack awareness of smoking-related cardiovascular risks

An international study has found that despite two decades of global tobacco control efforts, the message still is not getting through to enough smokers that smoking and second-hand smoke cause heart attack and stroke.

13 Aug 2026

'Locked' cancer therapeutic safely shrinks breast tumors in mice

Although there are many cancer treatments available today that effectively eliminate abnormal cells, these therapies may also damage healthy cells, leading to unwanted side effects.

13 Aug 2026

Brain scans reveal neurological roots of sensory overload in kids

Overreactions to ordinary sensory stimuli - a scratchy shirt tag, a roaring vacuum cleaner, an unfamiliar smell - are commonly associated with autism.

13 Aug 2026

New ASTRO guidelines optimize radiation therapy for pancreatic cancer

An updated clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides evidence-based recommendations on the use of radiation therapy to treat adult patients with pancreatic cancer.

13 Aug 2026

Bacterial extracellular vesicles show potential for cancer diagnosis and treatment

Bacteria shed membrane-enclosed tiny particles filled with proteins, lipids, DNA, RNA and metabolites. These particles, commonly known as bacterial extracellular vesicles (BEVs), are now being explored as possible tools for cancer diagnosis and treatment.

13 Aug 2026

Researchers identify genes that hinder CRISPR editing efficiency

Like a delivery driver navigating crowded city streets, a gene-therapy-toting lipid nanoparticle faces a gauntlet of potential detours on its journey toward a cell's nucleus.

13 Aug 2026

New antibody-specific AI framework accelerates discovery of therapeutic drugs

Designing an effective antibody drug is like searching for the right key in a warehouse of locks. Scientists may begin with millions-or even billions-of antibody candidates, but only a tiny fraction will recognize and bind tightly to the disease target.

13 Aug 2026

What is the optimal prostate-specific antigen cutoff to determine the success of prostate cancer treatment?

After treatment for metastatic prostate cancer, a drop in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in the blood is an indicator that the treatment is working.

13 Aug 2026

Later-life estrogen therapy associated with lower risk of developing dementia

Use of hormone therapy later in life was associated with lower risk of developing dementia, according to a study published August 12, 2026, in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

12 Aug 2026

Pediatric leucovorin use spiked after federal officials touted its benefits for autism

Leucovorin prescriptions for children spiked after federal officials claimed the drug was an effective treatment for autism during a September 2025 press conference, according to a new Michigan Medicine-led study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

12 Aug 2026

Personalized T-cell therapy eliminates advanced kidney tumor in teenager

Researchers and physicians at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) and other leading cancer centers report an exceptional treatment success in an adolescent with an advanced, therapy-resistant kidney tumor.

12 Aug 2026

AI-based methods help uncover hidden roots of tumor metastasis

A cancerous tumor is not a single enemy. It is made up of many different cell populations that can behave in very different ways.

12 Aug 2026

Mitochondrial gene RTN4IP1 drives triple-negative breast cancer metastasis

Triple-negative breast cancer accounts for approximately 15% of all breast cancer cases. It is characterized by the absence of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and HER2 expression, rendering it insensitive to conventional endocrine and targeted therapies.

12 Aug 2026

Researchers find unexpected protein regulator of leukemia drug sensitivity

How cells respond to the leukemia drug 6-thioguanine still holds surprises: A new study, led by researchers from CeMM and the University of Oxford identifies NUDT5 as an unexpected regulator of drug sensitivity and reveals that its role has nothing to do with its enzymatic activity.

12 Aug 2026

UC San Diego and West Health launch new national healthcare model

America's health care system is under pressure with demand rising, hospital capacity strained and the number of patients who need care the most increasing faster than the system was built to serve.

12 Aug 2026