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

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Cancer Symptoms

Cancer Prognosis

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

What is Tumorigenesis?

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

Cancer Pain Management

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Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

What is Cancer?

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

What Causes Cancer?

Cancer Diagnosis

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Cancer Pathophysiology

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Insights into Oncofertility

Cancer History

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Cancer Research

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

CDK9 and Cancer

Pediatric Cancer

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Cancer Pain

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Living with Cancer Pain

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Cancer Classification

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

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Secondary Brain Cancer

Cancer Epidemiology

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Myc Mutations and Cancer

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Cancer Glossary

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

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Cancer Management

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Secondary Lung Cancer

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Latest Cancer News and Research

Localized biochemical halo of IL-10 suppresses immune rejection of pancreatic beta cells

A protein known as interleukin 10 (IL-10) is the lynchpin of a new method to protect transplanted cells from host immune system aggression.

6 Aug 2026

Nerve-tumor interactions emerge as a transformative frontier in oncology

A new review article highlights a rapidly emerging frontier in oncology: the dynamic and influential relationship between nerves and tumors.

6 Aug 2026

Circular RNAs offer new pathways to reduce cancer therapy side-effects

A new review highlights the growing importance of circular RNAs (circRNAs) in addressing one of the most pressing challenges in modern oncology: treatment-related toxicity.

6 Aug 2026

Advances in DNA technology are reshaping preventive healthcare

A new review highlights how advances in DNA technology are reshaping the future of healthcare by shifting the focus from treatment to prevention.

6 Aug 2026

Hidden microbes inside tumors reshape cancer immunity and treatment

A growing body of evidence is reshaping how cancer is understood, placing the spotlight on intra-tumoral microbiota as powerful yet previously overlooked players within the tumor microenvironment.

6 Aug 2026

Researchers map how blood cells cross into the brain during aging

The brain's immune system has long been thought to exist independently from the rest of the body, complete with its own specialized immune cells and a blood-brain barrier that limits what can travel into the brain.

6 Aug 2026

Older men’s sexual priorities extend well beyond erectile function

A web-based survey of 6,000 Japanese men aged 50 or older found that sexual arousal was the function they most wanted to preserve, while erection became more highly valued as erectile function worsened. Erection showed the earliest age-related decline pattern, whereas ejaculation was the function most often reported as lost in older age.

6 Aug 2026

New review highlights FOXA2's role in glucose regulation pathways

A newly published review highlights the pivotal role of FOXA2, a key transcription factor, in coordinating pancreatic development, maintaining islet cell identity, and regulating glucose homeostasis.

6 Aug 2026

Healthy midlife habits linked to longer dementia-free years

Having normal blood pressure, no diabetes, and not smoking from age 48 to 68, are associated with nearly 13 additional years on average of dementia-free life, a new study shows.

6 Aug 2026

Scientists combine imaging and phototherapy in a single tool against glioblastoma

Glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of brain cancer.

6 Aug 2026

International team builds comprehensive cancer models for future drug development

To develop new targeted treatments for cancer, scientists need tissue models that accurately represent the genetic and molecular traits of the cancer they're studying.

5 Aug 2026

Nerve-blocking therapy improves growth plate repair in injured bones

With the support of National Institutes of Health funding, Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators, led by pathologist Aaron W. James, M.D., Ph.D., previously discovered that sensory neurons in skeletal tissue are constantly sensing their environment and are quick to respond to injuries.

5 Aug 2026

Experimental drug CS18 shows promise for overcoming cancer treatment resistance

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a drug called CS18 that disrupts the ability of cancer cells to survive therapy. The findings, published in Science Advances, support exploring the possibility of using CS18 to treat human cancer in the future.

5 Aug 2026

Blocking ZFP36L2 protein may disrupt colorectal cancer metastatic growth

Digestion is hard on the cells that line the human gut, and they are constantly being shed and replaced. This renewal is driven by a population of tireless stem cells.

5 Aug 2026

Patient-derived tumor models strengthen precision oncology research

A research project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with collaborators around the country and the world, has generated one of the most extensive and diverse collections of patient-derived tumor models.

5 Aug 2026

Expanded DepMap reveals new cancer vulnerabilities through 3D tumor models

For nearly a decade, the Cancer Dependency Map, or DepMap, at the Broad Institute has helped scientists uncover new cancer dependencies - the genetic changes some cancers need to thrive that can potentially be targeted by new cancer drugs.

5 Aug 2026

New insights highlight Megalin's expanding role in disease management

A comprehensive new analysis is shining a spotlight on Megalin, a powerful and highly versatile receptor that plays a central role in maintaining cellular balance, organ function, and overall human health.

5 Aug 2026

Targeting lactylation could overcome cancer therapy resistance challenges

A growing body of scientific insight is transforming how cancer treatment resistance is understood, highlighting a powerful cellular process known as lactylation as a central driver of disease progression and therapeutic failure.

5 Aug 2026

HMGCR emerges as a promising target for precision cancer therapies

A growing body of evidence is reshaping how scientists and clinicians understand the role of cancer metabolism, placing the enzyme HMGCR at the center of a rapidly evolving therapeutic landscape.

5 Aug 2026

Global surveys reveal little progress in tobacco risk awareness over two decades

Across 46 countries, adults who smoked showed high awareness that tobacco causes lung cancer but substantially lower knowledge of cardiovascular and secondhand smoke harms. Knowledge changed little overall across two decades, supporting stronger health warnings, mass media campaigns and enforced smoke-free policies.

5 Aug 2026