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.

Cancer Diagnosis

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Cancer Research

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Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Cancer Management

Pediatric Cancer

Cancer Epidemiology

What Causes Cancer?

CDK9 and Cancer

Cancer Glossary

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Cancer Classification

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

What is Cancer?

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Secondary Brain Cancer

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Cancer Pain Management

Living with Cancer Pain

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

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

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Cancer Symptoms

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

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

What is Tumorigenesis?

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Secondary Lung Cancer

Cancer Prognosis

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

Cancer Pain

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Insights into Oncofertility

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Cancer Pathophysiology

Cancer History

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Latest Cancer News and Research

Researchers develop method to generate billions of cDC1 immune cells

Conventional type 1 dendritic cells, known as cDC1 cells, are immune cells that help initiate responses against intracellular pathogens and tumors.

4 Nov 2026

Rutgers-led team secures $6.5 million grant for lung cancer research

A Rutgers-led consortium has been awarded a $6.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to support next-generation tools to guide tobacco control policies, improve lung cancer screening, strengthen survivorship care, and support state-level cancer prevention planning.

3 Nov 2026

AlphaFold3 reveals molecular interactions driving T cell recognition

Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, have developed a new approach using the artificial intelligence platform AlphaFold3 to predict whether a T cell receptor will recognize a specific antigen based solely on its genetic sequence.

3 Nov 2026

Engineered beneficial bacteria reduce bloodstream infections after stem cell transplants

Researchers at City of Hope®, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the country, and collaborators have pioneered a new approach to preventing dangerous bloodstream infections in patients receiving donor stem cell transplants for blood cancers.

3 Nov 2026

Synthetic DNA molecules enable precise targeting of cancer-linked genes

Researchers have developed a promising new approach that uses synthetic DNA molecules to target cancer-linked genes directly, opening new possibilities for future treatments, diagnostics and biological research.

3 Nov 2026

Blood may reveal signs of gut-related disease that stool samples miss

In a study of 193 participants, researchers found that blood-based short-chain fatty acid profiles distinguished colorectal cancer, celiac disease, obesity, and healthy controls with 95% accuracy, compared with 59% for stool-based measurements. Combining blood and stool profiles increased accuracy to 97%, suggesting that circulating microbial metabolites may offer valuable diagnostic information, although larger studies are needed to validate the findings.

3 Nov 2026

Vanderbilt researchers create massive transcriptomic atlas of breast cancer

A new molecular map of breast cancer has identified novel forms of the disease and provides a foundation for selecting personalized treatments guided by a tumor's molecular characteristics rather than standard pathology alone.

3 Nov 2026

Advanced imaging tool improves detection of residual multiple myeloma disease

A targeted immunoPET scan detected active multiple myeloma that standard PET/CT scans and blood tests missed, a finding that could help doctors more accurately map disease, guide treatment decisions and confirm whether cancer remains after therapy.

3 Nov 2026

Spaceflight research opens new avenues for studying rare pediatric diseases

Earth-based hiPSC models have transformed disease research but remain limited by cellular immaturity, a strong reliance on glycolysis rather than oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), and incomplete tissue architecture.

3 Nov 2026

Immune cell neighborhoods control cancer spread and metastasis formation

Published in Nature Cancer: Researchers at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) have discovered that immune cells build distinct "neighborhoods" around cancer cells.

3 Nov 2026

First Medicare ExRad study reveals wide variation in CT radiation

The first study to examine how imaging facilities perform on the new Medicare "ExRad" measure shows that radiation doses used for the same type of CT scan vary widely from one facility to the next.

3 Nov 2026

Study identifies new target to improve ulcerative colitis treatments

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic, relapsing inflammatory bowel disease in which persistent mucosal inflammation damages the epithelial barrier.

3 Nov 2026

New initiative provides lung cancer screening for Illinois firefighters

Northwestern Medicine will screen more than 300 firefighters from Chicago and DeKalb, Illinois, for lung cancer through its innovative Lung Health Center at the Canning Thoracic Institute, continuing efforts to detect cancer earlier in populations at increased risk.

3 Nov 2026

Private equity hospice buyouts drive up Medicare spending

A study of for-profit hospices acquired by private equity firms found that Medicare spending rose by 5.9 percent per hospice stay after acquisition, compared with similar for-profit hospices that weren't acquired.

3 Nov 2026

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology highlights key role of clinical research in advancing men's cancer care

Every November, millions worldwide grow mustaches and join Movember, a global movement launched in 2003 to spark conversations about men's health, including prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health.

3 Nov 2026

New exercise program helps people stay strong through cancer

When you’re going through cancer treatment or recovering afterwards, rest might seem like the best medicine.

3 Nov 2026

New study identifies biological mechanism driving therapy resistance in advanced prostate cancer

A multi-institutional collaborative study led by researchers at the University of Chicago and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center has identified a previously unknown biological mechanism that controls cell identity and treatment resistance in advanced prostate cancer.

3 Nov 2026

Study uncovers translation control mechanisms driving tumor growth and therapy resistance

Decoding of messenger RNA (mRNA) occurs during translation, the vital cellular process that builds proteins. Errors in this process are known to lead to cancer growth.

3 Nov 2026

Skin barrier disruption exacerbates chronic dermatological and systemic conditions

Your skin works hard for you every day, quietly shielding you from the outside world while telling a story about what is happening on the inside.

3 Nov 2026

Key innate immune protein regulates cholesterol and influences cancer treatment resistance

Scientists at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered an unexpected role for a key innate immune protein, revealing how it helps regulate cholesterol levels inside cells and influences tumor growth and treatment response.

3 Nov 2026