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 Cancer?

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Cancer Glossary

Cancer Symptoms

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Cancer Pain Management

What is Tumorigenesis?

What is Immunochemotherapy?

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Cancer Pathophysiology

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Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Insights into Oncofertility

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Cancer Research

Cancer History

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Cancer Management

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Myc Mutations and Cancer

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Cancer Pain

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Secondary Lung Cancer

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

CDK9 and Cancer

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

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Cancer Prognosis

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Cancer Diagnosis

Pediatric Cancer

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

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

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

What Causes Cancer?

Cancer Classification

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Living with Cancer Pain

Secondary Brain Cancer

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

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

Cancer Epidemiology

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Latest Cancer News and Research

Pancreatic cancer cells continuously reshape DNA to evade treatment

A new analysis of nearly half a million cells from dozens of pancreatic tumors, led by researchers at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center and New York University (NYU), reveals how pancreatic cancer cells continuously reshape their genetic makeup over time, enabling them to evade treatment.

13 Oct 2026

Enhanced CAR T-cell therapy may improve treatment options for patients with B-cell blood cancers

Results from a phase I clinical trial led by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) show a possible way to improve therapy options for patients with relapsed or treatment-resistant B-cell blood cancers.

13 Oct 2026

Charity funds Aston University research into childhood cancer MRI

Aston University's Dr Jan Novak has accepted funding of £45,000 from cancer charity Help Harry Help Others (HHHO) to support a PhD student to research new ways of using MRI scans of children with cancer to better inform their doctors and improve treatment.

13 Oct 2026

Developing biomaterials for soft tissue reconstruction

Explore how biomaterials and additive manufacturing support medical device development for soft tissue reconstruction.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Solutions 13 Oct 2026

Childhood leukemia treatment causes rapid, lasting challenges for patient families

New research in the October 2026 issue of JNCCN-Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds that families of children receiving treatment for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) experience substantial and lasting challenges beginning early after diagnosis, according to a new multicenter study embedded in a Children's Oncology Group (COG) trial.

13 Oct 2026

Women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome more likely to have Alzheimer's and dementia

Alzheimer's disease and dementia may be more common in women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), formerly known as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to a review of existing evidence published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

13 Oct 2026

Replacement chemical for harmful phthalates may restrict fetal growth

A chemical used to make plastic more flexible, once introduced as a safer substitute for older additives now known to be harmful, may itself also be harmful, slowing babies' growth in the womb, a new study shows.

13 Oct 2026

Single-cell analysis reveals how pancreatic cancer evades treatment

An analysis of nearly half a million cells from dozens of patients' tumors reveals how cancer cells continuously reshape their genetic makeup over time, enabling them to evade treatment for one of the deadliest forms of cancer.

13 Oct 2026

Undecimal Bio launches with $18 million oversubscribed seed financing to address ‘liver trap’ in siRNA therapeutic delivery

Undecimal Bio, a platform biotechnology company advancing targeted delivery of siRNA therapeutics, today announced an oversubscribed $18 million USD seed financing.

From UndecimalBio 13 Oct 2026

Study identifies Piezo channels as targets for orthodontic care

A new review in Genes & Diseases highlights Piezo channels as important biological links between mechanical forces and the cellular processes that shape the face, move teeth and influence oral health.

12 Oct 2026

Long non-coding RNAs offer new pathways to overcome cancer treatment resistance

Scientists are highlighting long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as promising targets in the effort to overcome one of cancer treatment's most persistent challenges: therapeutic resistance.

12 Oct 2026

RNA modification enzyme FTO shows therapeutic promise in gastrointestinal cancers

A new review in Genes & Diseases highlights FTO, an enzyme involved in RNA modification, as a potentially important biomarker and therapeutic target across gastrointestinal cancers.

12 Oct 2026

Review highlights EP4 receptor as target for inflammatory diseases

A review published in Genes & Diseases highlights the prostaglandin E2 receptor subtype 4 (EP4) as an important regulator of inflammation and a promising therapeutic target for a wide range of inflammatory and inflammation-related diseases.

12 Oct 2026

Targeting mitochondrial vulnerabilities could help treat triple-negative breast cancer

A deeper understanding of mitochondrial function could create new opportunities for treating triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat forms of breast cancer.

12 Oct 2026

Targeting lipophagy could help treat metabolic and oxidative stress-related diseases

A review published in Genes & Diseases highlights lipophagy, the cellular process that selectively breaks down lipid droplets, as a potentially important therapeutic target for conditions driven by disrupted lipid metabolism and oxidative stress.

12 Oct 2026

New review highlights expanding potential of therapeutic DNA vaccines

A new review published in Genes & Diseases highlights the expanding potential of DNA-based vaccines as a flexible platform for preventing infectious diseases, treating cancer and strengthening preparedness for future disease outbreaks.

12 Oct 2026

Buck Institute and Georgetown lead effort mapping harmful protein changes before disease begins

A research "super team" co-led by theBuck Institute for Research on Aging and Georgetown University has received an award of up to $51.7 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to predict how disease-causing proteins misfold before irreversible damage occurs and use those predictions to develop novel diagnostics and treatments.

12 Oct 2026

Oregon's licensed psilocybin centers prioritize safety but remain highly expensive

A new study has found that Oregon's licensed psilocybin centers largely follow recommended safety guidelines, offering reassurance about how the first regulated psilocybin programs in the U.S. function in practice - though the cost of treatment may keep it out of reach for many.

12 Oct 2026

Magnetically guided millirobots deliver targeted drugs to beating hearts

Johns Hopkins University engineers have created robots the size of a pencil tip intended to travel through the body to deliver medicine to infections inside a beating heart.

12 Oct 2026

Study maps psychological networks linked to suicidal ideation

Suicidal ideation can involve interconnected psychological processes. Researchers from Pusan National University examined 2,018 adults across Italy, Korea, the UK, and the US to map psychosocial networks related to suicidal ideation.

12 Oct 2026