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.

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Cancer Epidemiology

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

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

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

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Secondary Brain Cancer

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Targeted Cancer Therapies

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Cancer Pathophysiology

CDK9 and Cancer

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Insights into Oncofertility

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

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Cancer Research

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Living with Cancer Pain

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Myc Mutations and Cancer

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Pediatric Cancer

Cancer Prognosis

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Cancer Symptoms

Secondary Lung Cancer

Cancer History

Cancer Glossary

What is Cancer?

Cancer Management

Cancer Diagnosis

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Cancer Pain Management

Cancer Pain

What is Tumorigenesis?

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

What Causes Cancer?

Cancer Classification

Latest Cancer News and Research

New cord blood approach boosts survival in blood disease patients

A new way of using umbilical cord blood for treating blood diseases could make the treatment more accessible to patients who need a stem cell transplant.

27 Apr 2026

Repurposed cancer drugs offer potential breakthrough for Crohn’s disease treatment

University of Houston biologists have contributed to a potential breakthrough in treating Crohn's disease by shifting the clinical focus from symptom management to addressing a primary underlying cause of the condition.

27 Apr 2026

Early life exposure to PFAS associated with common childhood leukemia

Early exposure to PFAS, a group of widely used compounds known as "forever chemicals," was associated with a higher risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer, according to University of California, Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health researchers.

27 Apr 2026

Advanced heart, kidney and metabolic disease linked to higher cancer risk

People with advanced heart, kidney and metabolic disease may face a higher risk of developing cancer, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's peer-reviewed scientific journal Circulation: Population Health and Outcomes.

27 Apr 2026

New immune mapping tool reveals how lung cancer reshapes immune cells

Researchers at VIB and VUB have developed a powerful new way to study how the immune system behaves inside lung tumors.

27 Apr 2026

Estrogen loss after menopause impacts heart health through gene regulation

Virginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute say the increased risk of cardiovascular disease after menopause may stem not only from declining hormone levels, but also from how those changes influence gene activity.

27 Apr 2026

Newer mail-in stool tests increase colorectal cancer screening completion rates

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States and disproportionally impacts people who receive care in under-resourced settings.

27 Apr 2026

Delaying hepatitis B birth vaccines increases infant infection risks

Delaying hepatitis B vaccination after birth increases infections among newborns and decreases their survival rates and quality of life, according to a new Cornell University study.

27 Apr 2026

Repurposed drugs may provide safer treatments for aggressive childhood leukemia

Three clinically available drugs could pave the way for safer and more effective treatments for one of the most aggressive forms of childhood leukaemia, a new study suggests.

27 Apr 2026

Obesity leaves lasting molecular tags on the immune system

People who live with obesity are 'tagging' a memory of being overweight on a key part of the immune system - leaving people with ongoing risk of obesity-related conditions years after losing weight, according to a 10 year-long study published in EMBO Reports.

27 Apr 2026

Yoga to help manage obesity-related heart and metabolic risks

The impact of yoga on heart health in obesity is modest, suggesting it as a complementary approach for improving metabolic outcomes in high BMI populations.

27 Apr 2026

Scientists will probe whether processing itself makes ultra-processed foods harmful

A randomized controlled trial protocol will test whether the cardiometabolic risks linked to ultra-processed foods stem from industrial processing, poor nutrient composition, or both. Using four controlled diets, researchers will separate the effects of UPF content from saturated fat, added sugar, and sodium on LDL cholesterol, insulin resistance, and blood pressure.

26 Apr 2026

New cytometer measures cell stiffness to improve disease diagnosis

Researchers from Brown University and their collaborators have developed a new way to measure the properties of cells - an important development, they say, because accurate measurements of changes in cell elasticity can be used to better understand diseases, diagnose patient symptoms and provide more accurate prognoses.

25 Apr 2026

Engineered cells boost production of gene editing delivery vehicles

Gene editing has emerged as a powerful approach for targeting the genetic causes of disease, but getting the editing machinery into the right cells efficiently, safely, and at the scale needed for therapies remains one of the biggest set of challenges in the field.

25 Apr 2026

Glycocalyx modification boosts immune cell targeting against B lymphoma

A new study published in Engineering provides mechanistic insights into live-cell glycocalyx engineering and supports the rational design of next-generation adoptive cell therapies (ACTs) against B lymphoma, addressing limitations such as high costs and restricted antigen specificity in current treatments.

25 Apr 2026

The heart's constant beating suppresses tumor growth in cardiac tissues

The heart's constant beating may actively suppress tumor growth in cardiac tissues, a new study reports. This is because cellular pathways in these tissues alter gene regulation in cancer cells to keep them from proliferating.

25 Apr 2026

Molecular map reveals how Down syndrome alters brain development

Scientists at UCLA have created one of the first cellular-resolution molecular maps detailing how Down syndrome alters human brain development before birth - a resource that resolves longstanding contradictions in the field and could lay the groundwork for future therapeutic strategies.

25 Apr 2026