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.

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Cancer Pain

Cancer Research

What Causes Cancer?

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

What is Tumorigenesis?

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Cancer Symptoms

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Secondary Lung Cancer

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

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

Living with Cancer Pain

What is Cancer?

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

CDK9 and Cancer

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Cancer Diagnosis

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Insights into Oncofertility

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Cancer Epidemiology

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Cancer Classification

Secondary Brain Cancer

Cancer History

Cancer Glossary

Cancer Management

Pediatric Cancer

Cancer Prognosis

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Cancer Pain Management

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Cancer Pathophysiology

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

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Latest Cancer News and Research

Vaping devices and flavors affect genes differently

Vaping exposure affects gene activity in the mouth, with variations linked to device type and flavor, suggesting unique molecular responses compared to smoking.

4 Jun 2026

New all-oral regimen improves treatment convenience for AML patients

The ASCERTAIN V clinical trial demonstrated that an all-oral drug combination for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an effective alternative to the current standard, which requires repeated hospital or office visits for intravenous treatment.

3 Jun 2026

Novel CAR T treatment makes previously impossible kidney transplants possible

A pioneering clinical trial has successfully enabled two patients with end-stage kidney disease to receive previously improbable kidney transplants.

3 Jun 2026

Could GLP-1 drugs help prevent breast cancer? New study points to a possible link

A large retrospective cohort study of 111,646 overweight or obese women found that GLP-1 agonist exposure was associated with lower breast cancer incidence. After propensity-score matching, GLP-1 exposure was linked to nearly 30% lower odds of breast cancer, but the authors stress that randomized trials are needed before these drugs can be considered for prevention.

3 Jun 2026

Study potentially opens a new route to more selective cancer drug design

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a previously hidden druggable site in a cancer-related protein that could open the door toward the development of a new generation of more precise cancer drugs.

3 Jun 2026

Modified injectable vaccine shows promise for complete polio eradication

In the United States, children routinely receive an injectable form of the polio vaccine. This vaccine is very effective at preventing illness, but it doesn't block transmission of the polio virus as well as the oral polio vaccine does.

3 Jun 2026

Study shows how TAF1 regulates ferroptosis in cancer cells

Ferroptosis has become a promising area in cancer research because it may provide a way to target tumor cells that evade other better-known forms of programmed cell death, such as apoptosis and necroptosis.

3 Jun 2026

New technique protects pancreatic islet transplants without immunosuppressive drugs

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a lifelong autoimmune disorder where the immune system attacks islets, certain areas of the pancreas, and destroys cells that would otherwise produce insulin, a hormone crucial for regulating blood sugar levels.

3 Jun 2026

Brain tumor removal may improve blood sugar in diabetes patients

A new study published today in JAMA Network Open found that removing olfactory groove meningioma - a type of brain tumor located near the base of the brain - may improve blood sugar control in patients with diabetes.

3 Jun 2026

Simple probiotic may treat acid reflux and prevent cancer

Patients with acid reflux, which occurs when stomach acid pushes up into the esophagus, know the symptoms all too well: heartburn, belching, chest pain and trouble swallowing.

3 Jun 2026

Study discovers memory switchboard that protects past knowledge

The brain may reuse some cells to store many different memories without mixing them up with or erasing older memories, a new study in mice suggests.

3 Jun 2026

Engineered Salmonella delivers cancer-fighting viruses to deep tumors

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have designed non-toxic Salmonella bacteria to deliver viruses that are safe to humans but potent against liver and pancreatic cancer tumors - two cancers with an extremely poor prognosis.

3 Jun 2026

Study uncovers genetic trade-off between youth and longevity

A new study identifies vgll3 as a key gene that promotes rapid growth and early reproduction while increasing the risk of aging and cancer later in life.

3 Jun 2026

Aspirin use may help unmask early asymptomatic bladder cancer

The presence of blood cells in urine is a sign of bladder cancer. Because aspirin blocks platelets from forming harmful blood clots, the medication can cause mild bleeding or worsen existing bleeding in the urinary tract.

3 Jun 2026

New platform identifies barriers to therapeutic antibody delivery in solid tumors

Eben Rosenthal, MD, the Barry and Amy Baker Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Vanderbilt Health, is the senior author of the paper. Rosenthal and co-author Guolan Lu, PhD, of Stanford University School of Medicine, developed single-cell spatial pharmacobiology (SSP), an experimental and analytical platform that allows visualization of drug-tumor interactions in human solid tumors.

3 Jun 2026

Genetically-modified hookworms successfully deliver medicine to animal hosts

Hookworms, intestinal parasites that infect hundreds of millions of people in under-resourced tropical regions around the globe, have evolved to survive inside the human gut for years, secreting molecules that enable co-existence with their hosts.

3 Jun 2026

TikTok promotes a thriving illicit vaping culture among young people

TikTok videos glamorizing illicit vaping highlight challenges in public health communication, as youth engage more with social media than educational resources.

3 Jun 2026

New study links primary infertility to accelerated reproductive aging

The average woman spends more than one-third of her life in menopause. Some women, however, must deal with menopause-related symptoms longer and face added health problems because of premature menopause (before age 40) or early menopause (before age 45).

3 Jun 2026

ELRIG unveils keynote speakers for Drug Discovery 2026

ELRIG, a not-for-profit, volunteer-led organization dedicated to the global drug discovery community, today announced the keynote speaker program for Drug Discovery 2026.

From ELRIG (UK) Ltd. 3 Jun 2026

90-120 weekly minutes of strength training linked to lower risk of death

Clocking up 90 to 120 weekly minutes of strength (resistance) training may be the sweet spot for lowering the risk of death, suggests a 30 year study, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

2 Jun 2026