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.

Cancer Diagnosis

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Living with Cancer Pain

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Cancer Epidemiology

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

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Secondary Brain Cancer

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

What is Tumorigenesis?

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Insights into Oncofertility

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Cancer Classification

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Cancer Symptoms

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

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Cancer Pain

Cancer Pain Management

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Cancer Management

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Pediatric Cancer

CDK9 and Cancer

Targeted Cancer Therapies

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Cancer Prognosis

Secondary Lung Cancer

Cancer History

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

What is Immunochemotherapy?

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

Cancer Research

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

What is Cancer?

What Causes Cancer?

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

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Cancer Pathophysiology

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Cancer Glossary

Latest Cancer News and Research

Researchers identify a previously unknown mechanism that can drive cancer cachexia

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich, the Heidelberg Faculty of Medicine at Heidelberg University, the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), have identified a previously unknown mechanism that can drive cancer cachexia – a wasting process in the body that primarily affects muscle and fat tissue.

1 Sep 2026

Study links protein interaction to senescent cell survival

Senescent cells - cells that have stopped dividing but remain metabolically active - can accumulate with age and contribute to chronic inflammation and tissue dysfunction

1 Sep 2026

New brain atlas reveals insights into Huntington's, addiction, and other disorders

A region of the brain called the striatum is critical for many cognitive and motor functions, including decision-making, control of movement, habit formation, and processing of reward.

1 Sep 2026

New nondestructive imaging technique tracks immune cell health

When a patient is facing certain cancers or an immune condition, clinicians turn to their white blood cells for clues about the progression of both diseases and their treatments.

1 Sep 2026

Protein buildup mechanism shapes response to PROTAC drugs

The way cancer-causing proteins accumulate in tumours may influence how effectively a promising new generation of medicines can remove them, a study suggests.

1 Sep 2026

New tool amplifies and visualizes tiny protein changes

Imagine a brain teaser where the challenge is to spot the difference between two nearly identical sandcastles.

1 Sep 2026

UNC researcher wins major grant to study the role of endoplasmic reticulum in T-cell metabolism

Jessica Thaxton, PhD, MsCR, associate professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at the UNC School of Medicine and co-leader of the Cancer Cell Biology Research Program at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been awarded a prestigious $700,000 grant from the Mathers Foundation to support research into the role of the endoplasmic reticulum in T-cell metabolism and cancer development.

1 Sep 2026

Antifungal medication may reduce inflammatory bowel disease symptoms

A commonly used systemic antifungal medication may help reduce symptoms in a subset of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by restoring a healthier gut microbiome, according to a preliminary study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

1 Sep 2026

Penn Medicine tests FLASH proton therapy for cancer patients

A new form of proton therapy-designed to deliver cancer-killing radiation therapy in less than a second, through fewer total sessions, with potentially less risk of damaging side effects-is now being tested in a Phase I clinical trial at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

1 Sep 2026

Study reveals how melanoma weakens skin cell immune defenses

Cancers actively remodel their surrounding cells and tissues to create a microenvironment that favors their growth, survival, and spread.

1 Sep 2026

New scLS algorithm advances gene expression trajectory analysis

Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is a method to measure gene expression of individual cells, allowing observation of various cellular processes, including cell differentiation, the cell cycle, and stimulus-response for each unique cell instead of averaging across millions of cells.

1 Sep 2026

Immunotherapy shows potential for treating rising gynecological tumors

Gynecological tumors, including cervical cancer (CC), endometrial cancer (EC), and ovarian cancer (OC), represent a significant global health burden for women.

1 Sep 2026

New method based on human blood simplifies mRNA drug development

mRNA-based drugs are emerging as the drug of the future for a wide range of diseases, but they are difficult and time-consuming to develop.

1 Sep 2026

BeOne Medicines announces voluntary agreement with U.S. Government to expand access to innovative cancer medicines

BeOne Medicines, Ltd., a global oncology company, today announced a voluntary agreement with the U.S. Government to expand access to innovative cancer medicines for American patients while strengthening our U.S manufacturing footprint and further expanding the capabilities needed to deliver medicines at scale.

1 Sep 2026

Early-onset bowel cancer shows distinct biological and clinical features

One of Australia's largest real world studies of younger adults with advanced bowel cancer has identified important differences between cancers diagnosed before and after the age of 50, which could help doctors tailor treatments for younger adults more effectively.

1 Sep 2026

Social media messages could empower parents to prevent teen vaping

Parents are an important line of defense against teen vaping, yet many lack the knowledge and tools needed to recognize vaping products, understand their risks and prevent their children from using them.

31 Aug 2026

AI tools map tumor architecture to predict treatment response

Spatial transcriptomics is a powerful tool to create a detailed map of not just how genes are expressed in a piece of tissue, but also where genetic activity takes place in different cells and locations within the tissue.

31 Aug 2026

Multimorbidity linked to shorter lifespans in aging dogs

As dogs age, many develop more than one chronic health condition. New research from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) shows those conditions can dramatically shorten a dog's lifespan, highlighting the importance of managing multiple diseases together rather than individually.

31 Aug 2026

New ASICA app helps melanoma survivors check their skin

Researchers behind an app designed to support people after skin cancer treatment are inviting former early-stage melanoma patients to take part in its final evaluation tests.

31 Aug 2026

New dual-drug strategy blocks triple-negative breast cancer growth

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has a frustrating ability to adapt. Although this aggressive form of breast cancer can initially respond well to chemotherapy, cancer cells often find ways to survive, allowing the disease to return and become resistant to treatment.

31 Aug 2026