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.

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

CDK9 and Cancer

Cancer Prognosis

Cancer Pathophysiology

Cancer Management

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

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Insights into Oncofertility

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Cancer Glossary

What Causes Cancer?

Cancer Classification

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Cancer Symptoms

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

What is Cancer?

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Cancer Pain Management

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Cancer Research

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

What is Tumorigenesis?

Cancer History

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Living with Cancer Pain

Cancer Pain

Secondary Lung Cancer

Myc Mutations and Cancer

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

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

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

Cancer Epidemiology

Secondary Brain Cancer

Pediatric Cancer

Cancer Diagnosis

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Latest Cancer News and Research

A new combined therapy to boost the immune system against cancer

Cancer immunotherapy is built on a simple but powerful idea: the immune system can recognize and destroy cancer cells if it is properly activated. In many patients, however, this response is too weak or too slow to be effective.

7 May 2026

New AI model spots hidden pancreatic cancer long before diagnosis

Mayo Clinic's AI model identifies invisible signs of pancreatic cancer on routine CT scans, potentially transforming early detection and survival rates.

7 May 2026

The importance of genetic screening for all cancer survivors

Hundreds of thousands of people diagnosed with cancer are still alive today but were never genetically tested, either because testing was not available or was not routinely offered at the time of their diagnosis. These patients are just as likely as those diagnosed today to carry a germline pathogenic variant (gPV) - a heritable genetic alteration - that increases cancer risk.

7 May 2026

Birth weight predicts kidney function during endurance exercise

Researchers investigate how birth weight determines kidney function changes following prolonged physical activity in different environmental conditions.

7 May 2026

Targeted RAS inhibitor shows promise against pancreatic cancer mutations

The targeted RAS inhibitor therapy daraxonrasib demonstrated the potential to improve patient outcomes over current standard treatments for patients with RAS-mutant pancreatic cancer, according to results of a Phase 1/2 trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

7 May 2026

Reverse ecology approach reveals hidden complexity in gut microbiome

The human gut harbors a complex ecosystem of trillions of microorganisms (the microbiome), which influences digestion, the immune system and metabolism.

7 May 2026

Researchers identify new treatment vulnerabilities in pancreatic cancer progression

The review offers important insights for patients and families by explaining why pancreatic cancer has proven so resistant to treatment, and where new hope may emerge.

6 May 2026

New CRISPR system selectively destroys cancer cells

Among the challenges in treating disease, including cancer, is wiping out malignancies, infection, contaminants or other pathologies, without destroying healthy tissue.

6 May 2026

New immunotherapy strategy overcomes resistance in colorectal cancer treatment

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center have identified a promising new strategy to overcome resistance to immunotherapy in colorectal cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide.

6 May 2026

First European trial tests CAR T therapy in amyloidosis patients

Three patients with light chain amyloidosis have been treated with CAR T cell therapy in the first European clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of this immunotherapy in this patient group, led by UCL and UCLH researchers.

6 May 2026

NYU Langone hospitals earn 12th consecutive top safety grades

NYU Langone Health hospitals continued a six-year streak of top national recognition for patient safety and quality, joining just 1 percent of hospitals nationwide to receive 12 consecutive A grades from the Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog organization focused on healthcare safety and quality.

6 May 2026

Blood-based biomarkers identified for early inflammatory breast cancer diagnosis

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas at Austin have identified specific blood-based genomic biomarkers that distinguish inflammatory breast cancer from other subtypes, providing a new and less invasive method for early diagnosis, disease progression monitoring and treatment development for patients with this aggressive disease.

6 May 2026

Using Apple Watch and AI to protect children undergoing cancer treatment from infections

A new trial will test whether a tool that harnesses Apple Watch health data and artificial intelligence can help protect children undergoing cancer treatment from infections.

6 May 2026

Testosterone may help limit brain tumor growth in men

In a new National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study, scientists at Cleveland Clinic discovered that hormones associated with male development may play a key role in limiting the growth of brain tumors in men.

6 May 2026

GLP-1 weight-loss drugs modulate brain reward circuits to suppress eating for pleasure

A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study has found that an emerging class of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs suppress eating for pleasure, or hedonic feeding, in mice by modulating a reward circuit deep within the brain.

6 May 2026

USF researchers develop AI framework to predict immune system responses

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to help scientists accelerate drug discovery and search for new treatments.

6 May 2026

Six genes found to connect pancreatic cancer with metabolic dysfunction

New research shows that the same genes are active in pancreatic cancer, obesity and diabetes, helping to explain why people with metabolic disease often face poorer cancer outcomes and pointing to future ways to predict recurrence and develop more targeted treatments.

6 May 2026