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

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Cancer Glossary

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Cancer Classification

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

What is Cancer?

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

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Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Pediatric Cancer

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Cancer Management

Cancer Prognosis

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Cancer Pain

CDK9 and Cancer

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Cancer Research

Cancer Diagnosis

Cancer Pathophysiology

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

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

What Causes Cancer?

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Living with Cancer Pain

Secondary Lung Cancer

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Cancer Epidemiology

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Insights into Oncofertility

Secondary Brain Cancer

Cancer History

Targeted Cancer Therapies

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

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

What is Tumorigenesis?

Cancer Pain Management

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Cancer Symptoms

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Latest Cancer News and Research

Extreme heat disrupts treatment and daily routines for cancer patients

New research published in the journal Environmental Research: Climate found that extreme heat is already influencing how people with cancer manage daily life, access care, and make treatment-related decisions.

9 Jun 2026

Moderate alcohol consumption linked to premature death and chronic illness

Even what many Americans consider moderate drinking is linked to an increased risk of death, disability, and chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

9 Jun 2026

New non-invasive tool lowers cancer DNA tracking threshold to 5%

Blood tests have proved to be a promising tool for detecting and monitoring cancer. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now developed a new method that makes it possible to analyze samples containing as little as 5 per cent cancer DNA in the blood, compared with the 15–20 per cent required today. This method could lead to better cancer care and improved monitoring of tumor progression.

9 Jun 2026

Cellular map of healthy pancreas reveals origins of deadly tumors

Scientists at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) have taken a major step forward in pancreatic cancer research. By mapping a healthy pancreas in detail down to the cellular level, they discovered that specific, rare cells in the healthy organ already bear strong similarities to the most aggressive tumor cells.

9 Jun 2026

Protein repair defects linked to hidden heart failure

Researchers in the del Monte Lab at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) are the first to observe defects in the protein repair system associated with the peculiar, misfolded protein plaques previously observed in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM ).

9 Jun 2026

Blocking immune pathway slows Huntington disease in mouse models

Huntington disease is a rare, inherited brain disorder that progressively destroys nerve cells, leading to worsening movement, cognitive and psychiatric symptoms.

8 Jun 2026

AI-designed molecular switch uses caffeine to control engineered cells

For many of us, a warm cup of coffee is how we start our day. For Texas A&M Health researchers, it may also offer a new way to control engineered cells in future medicines.

8 Jun 2026

Brain-targeted estrogen reduces breast cancer treatment side effects

Most breast cancers are worsened by estrogens. To combat the recurrence of these cancers, clinicians treat patients with inhibitors for estrogen production, like letrozole. But many patients do not adhere to this treatment due to negative side effects.

8 Jun 2026

Study identifies new therapeutic candidate for KRAS-driven pancreatic cancer

A new research paper was published in Volume 17 of Oncotarget on June 3, 2026, titled "The anticancer effects of PCAIs in pancreatic cancer cells involve MAPK and PI3K/AKT pathways hyperactivation."

8 Jun 2026

Online tool transforms patient experience in national cancer trials

In a step forward for patient-centered cancer research, a new pilot project reveals that 84% of participants had a positive experience using a newly developed online tool created by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology called the Participant Engagement Portal (PEP).

8 Jun 2026

Rice University receives CPRIT funding to advance cancer research

New funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) will help Rice University advance cancer research on several fronts, from strengthening a core genetic engineering facility that serves researchers across Texas to supporting new studies in cancer immunotherapy and ovarian cancer.

8 Jun 2026

Father's alcohol use before conception impacts offspring development

A growing body of research suggests that a father's health before conception may play a larger role in child development than previously understood - and researchers are working to understand how a father's drinking before conception may affect offspring health and development.

8 Jun 2026

Melanoma disproportionately impacts Florida's senior population

Florida's year-round sunshine and intense ultraviolet (UV) exposure help drive one of the nation's heaviest skin cancer burdens, with older adults shouldering much of the impact.

8 Jun 2026

Defective HIV copies explain persistent viral traces during treatment

Antiretroviral drugs for HIV infection have enabled most people living with the virus to live long and healthy lives.

8 Jun 2026

Infant receives world's first gene therapy for WOREE syndrome

An eight-month-old infant with a severe genetic epilepsy has become the first patient in the world to receive an experimental gene replacement therapy designed to restore the function of the WWOX gene directly in the brain.

8 Jun 2026

DNA study links BRCA genes to aggressive early-onset breast cancer in black women

Black women experience disproportionately elevated risks of developing and dying from early-onset breast cancer. New research published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, reveals the genes that are most likely to be mutated to contribute to these increased risks.

8 Jun 2026

Researchers develop compound 10 to slow Alzheimer's disease progression

Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed an active ingredient that slows down the progression of typical Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice. This new substance protects nerve cells and could in future alleviate the suffering of Alzheimer’s patients. The active ingredient also shows anti-aging effects.

8 Jun 2026