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.

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Cancer Pathophysiology

Secondary Brain Cancer

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

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What is Tumorigenesis?

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Cancer Pain

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

CDK9 and Cancer

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Cancer Diagnosis

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Insights into Oncofertility

Cancer Symptoms

Cancer Research

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Cancer Glossary

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Cancer Epidemiology

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Cancer Management

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

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Secondary Lung Cancer

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

What is Cancer?

Cancer History

Cancer Pain Management

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Cancer Prognosis

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Pediatric Cancer

What Causes Cancer?

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Living with Cancer Pain

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Cancer Classification

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

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

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Latest Cancer News and Research

Women who sleep less may face more irregular menstrual cycles

A study on 42,759 menstrual cycles shows that sleep quality affects menstrual health, with implications for physiological stability and individual variability.

27 May 2026

Cells detect and silence invading transposons through abnormal RNA signals

Transposons, DNA sequences that can self-replicate and move (jump) throughout the genome, are widespread and can affect cell survival if left unchecked. Cells control these "jumping genes" by silencing them, but little was known about how cells recognize and defend themselves from invading transposons.

26 May 2026

Macrophage location within tumors may influence cancer progression outcomes

Cancer tumors are surrounded by immune cells, but not all of those cells help the body fight back. Some support anti-cancer immunity, while others can unexpectedly help tumors survive.

26 May 2026

FIT intervention boosts colorectal cancer screening across racial/ethnic groups

Background: Racially and ethnically minoritized patients are underscreened for colorectal cancer, resulting in racial/ethnic disparities.

26 May 2026

New study tests vitamin D analog against pancreatic cancer

A small clinical trial led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers put a Salk Institute idea to the test in patients: that activating the vitamin D receptor can help reshape the protective environment surrounding pancreatic tumors in ways that could make the notoriously difficult-to-treat cancer more vulnerable to therapeutic treatments.

26 May 2026

Special yoga intervention helps cancer survivors manage psychological side effects

University of Rochester Medicine is in the spotlight at a national meeting for a new discovery in integrative oncology: A special yoga intervention, the study shows, goes a step further than other side-effect therapies to improve four domains of physical and psychological side effects that most patients experience, including lifting mood and easing anxiety.

26 May 2026

Scientists target root of relapse in aggressive childhood brain tumors

Stopping cancer from coming back is the goal of new research from MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, where scientists are targeting cells that fuel the return of an aggressive pediatric brain tumor.

26 May 2026

Complete 3D map of pancreas reveals surviving insulin cells

Researchers at Umeå University have conducted a unique three-dimensional mapping of an entire human pancreas.

26 May 2026

Study unravels mystery about why physical forces slow cancer growth

Researchers have solved a long-standing mystery about why physical forces slow cancer growth – and the answer could reshape how the disease is treated.

26 May 2026

New AI model predicts cancer treatment responses from mutations

Researchers at University of California San Diego have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that can translate a tumor's complex genetic profile into predictions about how that cancer may respond to treatment.

26 May 2026

Tomato-soy juice curbs inflammation in obese adults

Drinking tomato-soy juice loaded with compounds shown in animal studies to promote health lowered pro-inflammatory proteins in healthy adults with obesity after four weeks, a new study found.

26 May 2026

Study explains how environmental acidity destabilizes internal cellular traffic

A new scientific study led by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) describes the mechano-chemical mechanism by which the acidity of the cellular environment destabilizes microtubules, the "avenues" that organize internal cellular traffic.

26 May 2026

Study links ceramide levels to prostate cancer drug response differences

Ceramides-lipid molecules in cells that affect many physiological functions including cell differentiation, migration, and death-and their metabolites have been implicated in the development of cancer and other conditions.

26 May 2026

NTU Singapore scientists develop seed-sized robot for precision surgical procedures

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a tiny seed-sized robot that can navigate across soft and uneven surfaces to perform five surgical functions wirelessly, paving the way for developing robots to make surgeries and medical treatments more precise.

26 May 2026

Researchers identify unique genetic signature in rare oral cancer

Cancer diagnosis can be challenging, and delayed diagnosis can allow cancer to progress, complicating treatment.

26 May 2026

Chronic liver disease threatens millions across Europe, report finds

Europe is facing a growing chronic liver disease threat, according to a new Series published today in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, that engaged more than 75 co-authors from 30 countries and was led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by the "la Caixa" Foundation.

25 May 2026

Roswell Park scientists present five key cancer studies at clinical meeting

The research findings of experts from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center will be featured during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting May 29 to June 2 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

25 May 2026

Researchers trace the origin of blood cells back to possible single-celled ancestors

Almost all animal species -- including humans -- have blood cells, but between different species our blood tells different stories.

25 May 2026

Smaller tetraploid cells drive more aggressive cancer

Megan Sweet slices tumors. A normal day in the lab finds the Virginia Tech graduate student with hands deep inside a refrigerated metal box, pulling a mounted mouse-grown tumor incrementally closer to a razor-sharp blade.

25 May 2026

New thermal imaging system detects early melanoma before it is visible

Detecting melanoma before it becomes visible is a major challenge in dermatology. Now, with researchers from Université de Montréal, scientists at Université du Québec's Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have developed a promising solution.

25 May 2026