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 Epidemiology

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Targeted Cancer Therapies

What is Cancer?

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

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TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

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

Cancer Glossary

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Living with Cancer Pain

Secondary Brain Cancer

Insights into Oncofertility

What Causes Cancer?

Cancer Classification

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

Cancer Pathophysiology

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

Cancer Research

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

Pediatric Cancer

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

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

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Cancer Pain Management

Cancer Diagnosis

Cancer Symptoms

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Cancer History

CDK9 and Cancer

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Cancer Management

Cancer Prognosis

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

What is Tumorigenesis?

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Cancer Pain

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Secondary Lung Cancer

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Latest Cancer News and Research

Persistent gut microbiome changes linked to sustained colorectal cancer risk

More than a decade after removal of an adenoma-a precancerous mass-from the colon, alterations to the gut microbiome and metabolites remain and may drive heightened risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

27 May 2026

Degrading mutant KRAS protein induces greater lung cancer regression

KRAS is one of the oncogenes most frequently altered in cancer, mutated in approximately one-third of lung adenocarcinomas.

27 May 2026

NCCN launches a free service for updates on clinical cancer guidelines

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)-the nonprofit alliance of leading cancer centers responsible for essential NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) that providers rely on worldwide-has launched a new, free service.

27 May 2026

Naturally occurring peptide can reverse drug resistance in melanoma

Melanoma is one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer, due in large part to its ability to rapidly develop resistance to treatment.

27 May 2026

New X-ray system produces high-resolution images with less radiation

X-rays allow professionals to diagnose injuries or ailments and peer inside suitcases at the airport, along with a variety of other applications.

27 May 2026

New colorectal cancer screening guidelines emphasize advanced stool tests

With colorectal cancer a growing concern among younger people, the American Cancer Society has endorsed two new types of stool tests to encourage people to get screened while also recommending a limited role for new blood tests many patients find appealing.

27 May 2026

Blocking sugar modification could boost breast cancer immunotherapy success

Immunotherapies such as so-called checkpoint inhibitors activate the body's own immune system to fight cancer cells and have revolutionized the treatment of many types of tumor.

27 May 2026

Lung cancer cells change identity to resist medical treatments

Cancer scientists have discovered that lung cancer cells can change their identity to resist treatment.

27 May 2026

European health sector workers face significant workplace carcinogen exposure

Exposure to cancer risk factors in the workplace remains an important and preventable cause of disease in Europe.

27 May 2026

Combat Medical highlights patient impact of HIVEC HEAT trial at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting

Combat Medical (Combat), a medical device company optimizing the delivery and efficacy of cancer therapeutics, today announced an update on its HIVEC® HEAT FDA registration trial at The American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting.

From Combat Medical 27 May 2026

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