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

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Secondary Brain Cancer

What Causes Cancer?

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

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

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

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Cancer Epidemiology

Living with Cancer Pain

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

What is Tumorigenesis?

CDK9 and Cancer

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Insights into Oncofertility

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Cancer Prognosis

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Cancer Pain

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Cancer Glossary

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Pediatric Cancer

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Cancer Classification

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Cancer Symptoms

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Secondary Lung Cancer

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

What is Cancer?

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Cancer Research

Cancer Diagnosis

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Cancer Pain Management

Cancer Management

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

Cancer History

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Cancer Pathophysiology

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Latest Cancer News and Research

WashU study identifies shared target for a new diarrhea vaccine

The bacteria enterotoxigenic E. coli and Shigella together cause hundreds of millions of infections each year and are among the leading causes of diarrheal death, especially in children.

17 Jun 2026

Developing brain cells routinely repair severe DNA damage during migration

Newborn nerve cells must squeeze through crowded, narrow spaces-through dense tissue, past other cells, between fibers-to reach the areas where they form neural circuits in the brain cortex.

17 Jun 2026

U-M Health neurosurgeons complete first human implant of wireless brain computer interface

Neurosurgeons at University of Michigan Health completed the first-in-human implant of a Paradromics Inc., wireless brain-computer interface, or BCI, as part of a national clinical trial for patients with difficulty speaking.

17 Jun 2026

Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine strengthen breast cancer research workflows with advanced liquid handling

A laboratory at the Tulane University School of Medicine has enhanced its drug screening and tumor modelling workflows by adopting advanced liquid handling solutions from INTEGRA Biosciences, including the PIPETBOY GENIUS serological pipet controller and VIAFLO electronic pipettes.

From Tulane University School of Medicine 17 Jun 2026

Targeting immune cells could improve colorectal cancer treatments

Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna have described a mechanism in metastatic colorectal cancer that has received little attention to date: a key target of existing therapies, the so-called epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), is likely to affect more than just the cancer cells themselves.

17 Jun 2026

Higher BMI raises risk for 19 cancers as global review expands the obesity-cancer link

A major systematic review and meta-analysis links higher BMI to increased risk of 19 cancer types, including leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, bladder cancer, and glioma, which were not previously recognized in major consensus reports. The study also reveals regional and sex-based variation in cancer risk, with genetic evidence generally supporting many observational links while highlighting the need for more diverse global cohorts.

17 Jun 2026

Blood proteins reveal which aging cells may raise disease risk

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16 Jun 2026

Age-related muscle loss linked to increased tumor growth

Duke-NUS scientists have discovered that aging muscle may contribute to cancer growth by releasing fewer extracellular vesicles, tiny particles that cells use to communicate with one another.

16 Jun 2026

Universities and hospitals repurpose existing drugs at significantly lower costs

Universities and hospitals are repurposing existing drugs through late-stage trials with funded costs up to 90% lower than those taking place in the pharmaceutical industry.

16 Jun 2026

Evidence strengthens connection between alcohol and pancreatic cancer

A new paper led by researchers at University of Victoria's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) contributes to mounting evidence that alcohol use can cause pancreatic cancer.

16 Jun 2026

New biomarker predicts gastric cancer outcomes from CT scans

Researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil, have identified a new biomarker that may help determine the prognosis for patients with gastric cancer, the fifth most common type of cancer worldwide.

16 Jun 2026

New study reveals cause of chronic inflammation with age

A new study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has uncovered a previously unknown connection between nucleic acid structures called R-loops and age-related inflammation – or inflammaging – that could herald new intervention options for chronic inflammation and the subsequent health conditions.

16 Jun 2026

Semaglutide, omega-3s and diet shift epigenetic aging clocks in human studies

A systematic review identified 41 human studies evaluating interventions targeting next-generation DNA methylation-based aging clocks. Pharmaceutical, lifestyle, supplement, clinical, and psychosocial interventions shifted some clock outputs, but these biomarkers remain investigational rather than proven clinical surrogates.

16 Jun 2026

New study uncovers how prostate cancer cells evade treatment

Cancer cells are remarkably good at adapting to stress. When treatments damage them, they often find new ways to survive, fueling drug resistance and disease progression.

16 Jun 2026

Salt-loaded nanoparticles help deliver fragile gene therapies into cells

Researchers at the University of Houston's College of Pharmacy have discovered an unexpected simple strategy to improve the performance of mRNA vaccines and gene therapeutics: adding salt.

16 Jun 2026

Purdue develops next-generation platform to accelerate cancer drug discovery

Researchers at the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR) have developed a next-generation technology platform designed to dramatically accelerate one of the slowest and most challenging stages of cancer drug discovery: identifying promising compounds that could eventually become new therapies.

16 Jun 2026

Prebiotic fiber supplement reduces harmful gut metabolites and improves liver health

A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, was the first to investigate the effects of prebiotic xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) on fatty liver in humans.

16 Jun 2026

New USC clinical trial explores psilocybin for mental health

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the Brain and Creativity Institute at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center have launched the University of Southern California's first study of psychedelic therapy.

16 Jun 2026

Leica Biosystems launches AI-powered digital pathology solution in Europe, Middle East and Africa

With the Aperio GT Elite, Leica Biosystems advances digital pathology in EMEA, combining high-throughput scanning with innovative AI quality control features.

From Leica Biosystems 16 Jun 2026

Prevention proves cheaper than treatment for Li-Fraumeni syndrome

Screening people with the rare, inherited cancer-causing condition Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) brings both medical and economic benefits to patients and healthcare systems, according to research to be presented to the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today (Tuesday).

15 Jun 2026