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.

What is Tumorigenesis?

Secondary Brain Cancer

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

CDK9 and Cancer

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Cancer Symptoms

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

What is Immunochemotherapy?

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Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Cancer Research

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

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

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

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

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Insights into Oncofertility

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

What Causes Cancer?

Cancer Management

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Cancer Epidemiology

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Cancer Pain Management

Cancer Pathophysiology

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Secondary Lung Cancer

Cancer Classification

Myc Mutations and Cancer

What is Cancer?

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Cancer Pain

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Cancer Glossary

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Living with Cancer Pain

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Cancer Prognosis

Cancer Diagnosis

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

Cancer History

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Pediatric Cancer

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Latest Cancer News and Research

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

Survey finds widespread uncertainty over pregnancy vaccine recommendations

Most Americans are unaware or unsure of which vaccines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends during pregnancy, according to a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania.

22 Jul 2026

Study reveals how p53 mutations cause tumors to resist cancer immunotherapy

Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy has transformed cancer treatment, but many tumors remain resistant.

22 Jul 2026

Curcumin shows the best balance against cancer, study shows

Curcumin, berberine, and other plant-derived compounds have long attracted scientific interest because of their anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties.

22 Jul 2026

UVA researchers develop a new experimental approach to target glioblastoma

University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists have developed a promising new experimental approach to targeting glioblastoma, the most common and deadliest brain cancer.

22 Jul 2026

Midpregnancy herbicide exposure linked to increased risk of preterm birth

Exposure to a widely used herbicide during the middle months of pregnancy may increase the chance of giving birth too early, before 37 weeks, a new study shows.

22 Jul 2026

Singing therapy provides effective relief for supragastric belching patients

A new randomized clinical trial suggests that singing therapy may provide a more effective and engaging treatment option than standard breathing exercises for people with supragastric belching, a chronic gastrointestinal disorder that can significantly affect quality of life.

22 Jul 2026