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

Cancer Symptoms

Cancer History

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Cancer Pain Management

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Cancer Classification

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

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The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Cancer Glossary

Secondary Brain Cancer

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Cancer Diagnosis

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Secondary Lung Cancer

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Cancer Research

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

What is Cancer?

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Cancer Epidemiology

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

What is Tumorigenesis?

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Insights into Oncofertility

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Pediatric Cancer

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Cancer Prognosis

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

What Causes Cancer?

Cancer Management

CDK9 and Cancer

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

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

Living with Cancer Pain

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Cancer Pain

Cancer Pathophysiology

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Latest Cancer News and Research

New AI system classifies brain tumors with unprecedented accuracy

Experts in Heidelberg have developed an AI system that can classify brain tumors with unprecedented accuracy using standard microscopic tissue sections.

10 Jun 2026

Laverock Therapeutics reports key oncology research milestones

Laverock Therapeutics ('Laverock'), a biotechnology company developing disease-responsive advanced therapies through its unique, programmable gene control technology, today announced key in-vivo functional milestones across its T-cell and macrophage oncology programs for solid tumor indications.

From Laverock Therapeutics 10 Jun 2026

New meningioma atlas uncovers clues to tumor aggressiveness

One of the most detailed maps to date of meningioma - the most common brain tumor in adults - reveals how the tumor's surrounding environment helps drive disease behavior and patient outcomes, according to new research from Mayo Clinic.

9 Jun 2026

Statins may help prevent frailty in older adults

Researchers at Mass General Brigham have demonstrated that older U.S. veterans who initiated statin therapy were significantly less likely to develop frailty over time, suggesting that the cholesterol-lowering medications may have healthy aging benefits beyond cardiovascular disease prevention. Results are published in the European Heart Journal.

9 Jun 2026

Apitegromab helps tirzepatide users lose fat while preserving lean mass

A phase 2 trial found that apitegromab plus tirzepatide reduced lean body mass loss by 1.9 kg compared with tirzepatide plus placebo after 24 weeks, while overall weight loss remained similar.

9 Jun 2026

Obesity drug mazdutide reduces weight and waist size in major trial

Once-weekly 9 mg mazdutide produced clinically meaningful weight loss in Chinese adults with obesity, reducing body weight by 16.65% after 60 weeks versus 1.50% with placebo. The phase 3 GLORY-2 trial also found improvements in waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, and lipid markers, but gastrointestinal adverse events were common.

9 Jun 2026

Machine learning model filters out the biological noise in liquid biopsy samples

A machine learning model developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center filters out the biological noise in liquid biopsy samples, helping clinicians better match therapies to their patients' tumors.

9 Jun 2026

Study identifies key protein driving colon cancer drug resistance

One of the most widely used chemotherapeutic agents for colorectal cancer is 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), a cornerstone treatment that has improved outcomes for countless patients.

9 Jun 2026

High obesity levels linked to fewer surgical procedures in Americans

Researchers from LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center and collaborating institutions have found that Americans with the highest levels of obesity are undergoing fewer surgical procedures overall.

9 Jun 2026

Radiology AI systems flag breast cancer signs six years before diagnosis

Three commercially available radiology AI systems have shown the potential to flag early signs of breast cancer up to 6 years before a diagnosis, according to a study published in Radiology, the flagship journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

9 Jun 2026

New study frames altered protein modifications as cancer drivers

Cancer has often been explained through mutations in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or changes in ribonucleic acid (RNA), but these layers do not fully explain why tumors with similar genetic profiles can behave differently.

9 Jun 2026

Advanced MRI scans predict chronic kidney disease in patients undergoing nephrectomy

An investigator at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received international recognition for innovative imaging research that may help physicians identify patients at increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) before they undergo surgery for kidney tumors.

9 Jun 2026

New study shows iron-dependent cell death spreads in wave-like patterns

A new review published in EXO – Beyond the Cell (EXO) examines growing evidence that ferroptosis, an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death, may spread between cells and travel through tissues in wave-like patterns.

9 Jun 2026

Active β-catenin promotes aggressive spread of childhood bone cancer

A new research paper was recently published in Volume 17 of Genes & Cancer, titled "Active Beta-Catenin (ABC) promotes an invasive phenotype in pediatric osteosarcoma."

9 Jun 2026

New geroscience initiative aims to accelerate anti‑aging therapies

Albert Einstein College of Medicine has launched the Batia and Idan Ofer program for Validation of Interventions Targeting Aging and Longevity (BIO-VITAL), a new initiative designed to help biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies advance therapies that target the biology of aging.

9 Jun 2026

Houston researcher identifies new targets for fatal rhabdomyosarcoma

A cancer researcher at the University of Houston is reporting what makes malignant soft tissue cancer grow in children, identifying key mechanisms and molecular targets to prevent tumor progression in patients in future therapies of the fatal rhabdomyosarcoma.

9 Jun 2026

New pilot program tests HPV self-collection for cervical cancer

UT Health San Antonio has been selected as a recipient of the American Cancer Society's Self-Collected Human Papillomavirus Readiness Pilot (SHaRP) grant, a national initiative designed to help health care organizations prepare for and implement HPV self-collection as part of routine cervical cancer screening.

9 Jun 2026

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