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.

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

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

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

What Causes Cancer?

Cancer Epidemiology

Cancer Classification

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Cancer Prognosis

What is Tumorigenesis?

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Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Living with Cancer Pain

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Pediatric Cancer

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Cancer Pain

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

CDK9 and Cancer

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

Cancer Glossary

Cancer Research

Secondary Brain Cancer

Cancer Management

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Secondary Lung Cancer

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Cancer Symptoms

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Insights into Oncofertility

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Cancer Pathophysiology

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Cancer History

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Cancer Pain Management

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Cancer Diagnosis

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

What is Cancer?

Latest Cancer News and Research

Strength training and cardio combo work best together

Research shows that combining resistance training with aerobic exercise significantly reduces mortality risk, emphasizing the importance of physical activity.

5 Jun 2026

Fast food is crowding out grocery access across the U.S.

A 20-year analysis of US neighborhood foodscapes found that food swamps became more common from 2003 to 2023, while food deserts showed little improvement. Rural communities and people relying on public transport faced the greatest barriers to reaching healthy food retailers.

4 Jun 2026

Novel technology maps single-cell DNA-protein interactions

A new technology allows scientists to map, in single cells, the DNA binding sites of transcription factors and other regulatory proteins that control gene activity, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center.

4 Jun 2026

Global decline in child mortality slowed down significantly since 2015

Global progress in reducing preventable deaths among newborn babies, children, and adolescents has slowed substantially since 2015, and many countries risk missing international child survival targets by 2030, find a series of papers published by The BMJ today.

4 Jun 2026

Blood protein signature can predict lung cancer risk before diagnosis

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University College London (UCL), funded by Cancer Research UK and the European Research Council (ERC), have identified a 14-protein signature in the blood that can predict lung cancer risk more than five years before diagnosis.

4 Jun 2026

Study reveals how breast cancer cells hide in the bone marrow

Treating breast cancer remains a major medical challenge worldwide. This is largely due to the ability of breast cancer cells to remain hidden for years before triggering a relapse, which can occur even decades after successful treatment of the primary tumor.

4 Jun 2026

Repurposed cancer therapy enables successful kidney transplantation

A pioneering clinical trial has successfully enabled three patients with end-stage kidney disease to receive previously improbable kidney transplants.

4 Jun 2026

Case report highlights diagnostic features of rare eyelid sebaceous adenoma

A new case report was published in Volume 13 of Oncoscience on April 2, 2026, titled "Sebaceous adenoma of the eyelid: A clinical, histopathological, and immunohistochemical perspective."

4 Jun 2026

Diverse cancer subtypes can originate from a single progenitor cell

How do different cancer subtypes arise? Do they originate from distinct cells, or from a single multipotent cell capable of differentiating into multiple cell types?

4 Jun 2026

Industrial processing of food poses health risks beyond poor nutrition

Concerns about the health effects of ultra-processed foods are growing, as studies increasingly link them to conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and even early death.

4 Jun 2026

Vaping devices and flavors affect genes differently

Vaping exposure affects gene activity in the mouth, with variations linked to device type and flavor, suggesting unique molecular responses compared to smoking.

4 Jun 2026

New all-oral regimen improves treatment convenience for AML patients

The ASCERTAIN V clinical trial demonstrated that an all-oral drug combination for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an effective alternative to the current standard, which requires repeated hospital or office visits for intravenous treatment.

3 Jun 2026

Novel CAR T treatment makes previously impossible kidney transplants possible

A pioneering clinical trial has successfully enabled two patients with end-stage kidney disease to receive previously improbable kidney transplants.

3 Jun 2026

Could GLP-1 drugs help prevent breast cancer? New study points to a possible link

A large retrospective cohort study of 111,646 overweight or obese women found that GLP-1 agonist exposure was associated with lower breast cancer incidence. After propensity-score matching, GLP-1 exposure was linked to nearly 30% lower odds of breast cancer, but the authors stress that randomized trials are needed before these drugs can be considered for prevention.

3 Jun 2026