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.

Living with Cancer Pain

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

What is Tumorigenesis?

Secondary Lung Cancer

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

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

See more featured articles »

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Cancer History

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Secondary Brain Cancer

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Myc Mutations and Cancer

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

What Causes Cancer?

Cancer Pain

Cancer Glossary

CDK9 and Cancer

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Cancer Pain Management

Pediatric Cancer

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

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

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Cancer Research

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Cancer Prognosis

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Insights into Oncofertility

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

What is Cancer?

Cancer Epidemiology

Cancer Classification

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Cancer Symptoms

Cancer Management

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Cancer Pathophysiology

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Cancer Diagnosis

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Latest Cancer News and Research

Study reveals dynamic remodeling of genome architecture during brain aging

Researchers have discovered that the human brain undergoes widespread age-related changes in genome regulation beginning in midlife that may help explain why aging is the greatest risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.

23 Jul 2026

MEK inhibition could limit T cell exhaustion and give a boost to immunotherapy

A major pillar of cancer immunotherapy involves stimulating T cells, the specialized killers of the immune system, to attack tumors.

23 Jul 2026

Mass-producible immune cells fight solid human tumors in mice

Off-the-shelf and mass-producible immune cells fight solid human tumors engrafted into mice. The Kobe University development is a significant contribution towards faster and cheaper cancer immunotherapy.

23 Jul 2026

Chemotherapy leaves early genomic fingerprints in childhood tumors

Nearly half of childhood tumors treated with common types of chemotherapy showed detectable DNA changes linked to treatment within 18 months, according to a new international study led by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).

23 Jul 2026

RNA-based testing can improve detection of key lung cancer biomarkers

New research has shown that RNA-based testing can improve the detection and interpretation of clinically actionable genomic alterations leading to MET exon 14 skipping in lung cancer patients—important biomarkers that may be missed by DNA-only approaches.

23 Jul 2026

Review expands the role of selenium metabolism in ferroptosis

For decades, selenium has been recognized as an essential micronutrient, and glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4)-a selenium-containing enzyme-has been widely regarded as the central guardian against ferroptosis, an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death driven by lipid peroxidation.

23 Jul 2026

New mechanism behind chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer discovered

Scientists at The Wistar Institute have identified a new mechanism behind the chemotherapy resistance that makes ovarian cancer so lethal.

23 Jul 2026

Proactive telehealth program helps cancer patients quit smoking

For patients diagnosed with cancer, continuing to smoke during treatment may shorten survival.

23 Jul 2026

AI-powered analytics and experimental validation: Transforming target identification in drug discovery

Discover how AI-powered analytics and experimental validation combine to improve target identification and accelerate drug discovery success.

From Axxam S.p.A 23 Jul 2026

Study reveals regional disparities in Brazilian childhood leukemia mortality

An international study involving LMU found regional differences in childhood lymphoid leukemia mortality across Brazil.

23 Jul 2026

Ancient immune protein C3 boosts cancer immunotherapy within tumors

An ancient molecule that existed long before the blood circulation system evolved, has been found to support cancer immunotherapy.

23 Jul 2026

Spermidine boosts key cellular processes linked to aging in early research

This review finds that spermidine supports autophagy, mitochondrial function, and healthspan in experimental models, while observational studies link higher dietary intake to lower mortality. However, human trials have produced limited and mixed results, leaving its clinical role in healthy aging unresolved.

23 Jul 2026

Thymulin curbs age-related inflammation and slows breast tumors in mice

Thymulin reduced age-associated inflammatory myeloid cells and slowed breast-tumor growth in aged mice by suppressing NF-κB signaling. The peptide also restored anti-PD-L1 responsiveness in aged mouse models, while human cell and tumor data supported an age-linked inflammatory myeloid profile.

23 Jul 2026

Study reveals bacterial strategy behind antibiotic tolerance and persistence

Antibiotics are a medical marvel, but many microbes are gaining the ability to resist and tolerate these therapeutics.

22 Jul 2026

DNA enhancer hubs control cancer genes in prostate tumors

Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and how strongly they are activated.

22 Jul 2026

Senolytic drugs rejuvenate blood stem cells in sickle cell disease

Sickle cell disease causes premature aging of blood stem cells, which scientists may be able to address with a special class of drugs, according to a new study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

22 Jul 2026

Former smokers retain lasting lung damage despite quitting

A new study by a team of McGill researchers could help explain why people who have quit smoking remain at elevated risk of lung disease long after their last cigarette.

22 Jul 2026

Genetic background shapes cancer development despite identical risk factors

Why do cancers develop differently in different people-even when they are exposed to the same risk factors? An international research group, including the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), has now demonstrated in mice that an organism's genetic makeup significantly influences the course of cancer development.

22 Jul 2026

Occult hepatitis B mutations drive liver cancer growth via Akt mTOR pathway

Occult hepatitis B virus (OBI) infection presents a significant global health challenge, notoriously flying under the radar of standard viral screening while relentlessly driving the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

22 Jul 2026

Red meat intake emerges as a potential pancreatic cancer risk factor

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 16 studies involving nearly 2 million participants found that higher red meat intake was associated with a modestly higher risk of pancreatic cancer. Processed meat intake showed no statistically significant association, although variation between studies means a small effect cannot be excluded.

22 Jul 2026