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 Glossary

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Insights into Oncofertility

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

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

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Cancer Pathophysiology

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Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Pediatric Cancer

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

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

Cancer Management

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Secondary Lung Cancer

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Cancer Pain Management

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

What is Tumorigenesis?

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Cancer Research

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Cancer Symptoms

What is Cancer?

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Cancer Prognosis

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Cancer Diagnosis

Targeted Cancer Therapies

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Cancer Epidemiology

Cancer Classification

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Secondary Brain Cancer

What Causes Cancer?

CDK9 and Cancer

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Cancer History

Living with Cancer Pain

Cancer Pain

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Latest Cancer News and Research

Study reveals substantial rise in Latin American dementia rates

A new study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Newcastle University in the U.K. finds that the share of adults living with dementia rose substantially across several Latin American and Caribbean sites over the past two decades.

13 Jul 2026

New report outlines practical strategies to improve hematological care for women

A new report in The Lancet Haematology, led by Cleveland Clinic hematologist Bethany Samuelson Bannow, M.D., outlines practical strategies to improve diagnosis, care and outcomes globally for women and girls with hematological conditions, such as bleeding disorders, heavy menstrual bleeding, postpartum hemorrhage, thrombosis and maternal hematologic complications.

13 Jul 2026

Global consortium releases AI toolbox to unlock new Alzheimer's treatments

The Consortium for Biomedical Research and Artificial Intelligence in Neurodegeneration (C-BRAIN), a global collaboration of academic researchers, pharmaceutical companies, and philanthropic organizations of which Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is a founding member, today launched three open-source AI tools to accelerate research aimed at developing new treatments for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

13 Jul 2026

EGFR inhibitors may overcome chemotherapy resistance in glioblastoma treatment

Treating glioblastoma with a class of drugs known as EGFR inhibitors made this cancer more sensitive to chemotherapy, suggests a study in preclinical models co-led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

12 Jul 2026

Insurance-supported integrative oncology symptom management program benefits cancer patients

A new study from University Hospitals Connor Whole Health reports that an insurance-supported integrative oncology program resulted in clinically meaningful improvements in cancer-related symptoms like pain, stress, anxiety, depression, nausea, and fatigue.

11 Jul 2026

New viral library helps scientists study thousands of proteins

To prevent viruses from sickening or killing us - whether it's an individual case of hepatitis B or a COVID pandemic - it's crucial to understand how the proteins they make initiate changes in our bodies that allow them to flourish.

11 Jul 2026

Rural radiation oncology clinic closures threaten cancer patient care

A new study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that although the overall number of radiation oncology clinics in the United States has appeared stable in recent years, many individual treatment centers have quietly closed while others have opened.

11 Jul 2026

Machine learning redefines precision cancer therapy using smart radiopharmaceuticals

JMIR Publications released a feature News and Perspectives story on technological advances in oncology.

11 Jul 2026

New generation approaches revive BET protein inhibitors in solid tumors

BET proteins, especially BRD4, drive oncogenic transcription in solid tumours. First‑generation inhibitors (JQ1, molibresib, birabresib) showed preclinical promise but failed clinically due to modest efficacy, dose‑limiting thrombocytopenia, and resistance (isoform switching, compensatory PI3K/AKT/WNT signalling).

11 Jul 2026

New study explains how brain tumors evolve to resist treatment

A form of glioma, a type of brain cancer, tends to progress towards greater malignancy due to an increasing tendency of the glioma cells to transform into immature, stem-cell-like states, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, the New York Genome Center, Harvard Medical School and Mass General Brigham.

11 Jul 2026

Machine learning framework enables low-cost water toxin detection

Portable screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE) biosensors offer a rapid and low-cost way to detect microcystin-lysine-arginine (MC-LR), an extremely potent toxin produced by cyanobacteria during harmful algal blooms in freshwater.

11 Jul 2026

New genomic map identifies hundreds of genes governing bone health

In a global breakthrough published in Nature Genetics, researchers have successfully mapped the cells and genes that regulate bone formation and loss at an unprecedented scale and discovered the critical role that blood vessel cells play in bone health.

10 Jul 2026

Global hotspots where breast cancer and atrial fibrillation overlap

Investigating breast cancer and atrial fibrillation overlap, this study highlights key risk factors, underscoring the need for integrated prevention approaches.

10 Jul 2026

Multifloral honey may protect skin cells from UV damage and premature aging

Ongoing research reveals that multifloral honey is a promising candidate for protecting human skin cells from premature ageing and cell damage caused by UV radiation, with the potential for developing future clinical and cosmetic applications.

9 Jul 2026

Six-gene signature predicts colorectal cancer recurrence after liver metastases

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center identified a six-gene signature in microscopic colorectal cancer (CRC) liver metastases that may help predict recurrence after treatment.

9 Jul 2026

New study links overactive C1 neurons to prolonged anxiety responses

Anxiety disorders affect more than 300 million people globally. Several brain regions have been linked to anxiety, but how these regions connect has been poorly understood.

9 Jul 2026

Global cancer cases projected to reach nearly 35 million by 2050

Millions of people are facing physical, emotional and financial toll of cancer, a disease that claims more than 26 000 lives every day, according to a report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO).

9 Jul 2026

Scientists discover molecular mechanism behind anesthesia-induced unconsciousness

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Birkbeck, University of London, have identified a site where a commonly used anesthetic binds to sodium ion channels, revealing a molecular mechanism that may explain how these drugs dampen communication between neurons.

9 Jul 2026

Yeast food supplement helps immune cells fight cancer more effectively

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD) have shown for the first time that a food supplement made from yeast helps the body to make stronger immune cells that can fight cancer.

9 Jul 2026

New form of hereditary prostate cancer can cause aggressive disease at a young age

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a new form of hereditary prostate cancer that, while rare, can cause aggressive disease at a young age.

9 Jul 2026