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?

British Pioneers in Cancer Biology

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

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

Cancer Prognosis

Insights into Oncofertility

Cancer History

Secondary Lung Cancer

What is Immunochemotherapy?

Cancer Epidemiology

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Myc Mutations and Cancer

CDK9 and Cancer

Cancer Pain Management

Pediatric Cancer

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

Secondary Brain Cancer

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Cancer Prevention: Lowering your Risk

Cancer Management

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Cancer Pain

What is Tumorigenesis?

Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Cancer Pathophysiology

Cancer Symptoms

How Camomile Could Prevent Neutropenia in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Insight into Cancer Vaccines

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

The Effects of Cancer on Family Life

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

Cancer Plasticity: The Shape-Shifting Threat Challenging Modern Treatments

Cancer Classification

Cancer Glossary

Caring for a Loved One with Cancer

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Cancer Diagnosis

Microfluidic cancer treatment screen combined with flow cytometry

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

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

Cancer Research

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Living with Cancer Pain

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

What Causes Cancer?

Targeted Cancer Therapies

Latest Cancer News and Research

Cytokine-armored CAR-T cell therapy successfully attacks aggressive brain tumors in mice

Scientists at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new cytokine-armored CAR-T cell therapy that helps the immune system better attack aggressive brain tumors in mice while reducing dangerous side effects that have long limited immune-based treatments for glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most treatment-resistant brain cancers.

20 May 2026

Study paves way for earlier pancreatic cancer diagnoses in patients with low-risk pancreatic cysts

Catching pancreatic cancer early can increase the five-year survival rate from 15% to 80%. Patients with pancreatic cysts, frequently detected during unrelated abdominal CT or MRI imaging, can develop malignant pancreatic cancers.

20 May 2026

Restoring ADAR2 enzyme reduces metastatic spread in osteosarcoma

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone cancer in children, adolescents, and young adults. Although chemotherapy and surgery have improved survival for localized disease, outcomes remain poor when tumors spread to the lungs or return after treatment.

20 May 2026

New AI framework maps systemic obesity damage at cellular resolution

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich, the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU) and collaborating institutions have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) framework that maps disease-related changes throughout the entire mouse body at cellular resolution.

20 May 2026

Tumor microenvironment markers forecast immunotherapy response in rare cancers

A new study in Cell Reports Medicine from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center identified key features that may help predict which types of rare cancers are likely to respond to immunotherapy.

20 May 2026

Fluid viscosity drives mechanical memory and invasion in glioblastoma

Most cancer studies focus on chemical signals or stiff tumor surroundings, but the stickiness of the fluid itself has received little attention.

20 May 2026

Rerouting dead tumor debris enhances cancer immunotherapy outcomes

As tumors outgrow their blood and nutrient supplies, or respond to treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy, individual cancer cells die, exposing their internal scaffolds.

20 May 2026

Engineered nanomaterials optimize delivery barriers in cancer immunotherapy

Cancer immunotherapy works by mobilizing the body's own immune system to recognize and destroy malignant cells.

20 May 2026

Spatial modeling of tissue compartments predicts breast cancer treatment response

HER2-positive breast cancer accounts for about 20% of breast cancer cases and is generally associated with more aggressive behavior and a higher risk of distant metastasis, while pathologic complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy is strongly linked to better survival outcomes.

20 May 2026

Vitamin C may reduce cancer-linked digestive chemical reactions

A new study from the University of Waterloo uses mathematical modeling to examine how Vitamin C affects chemical reactions in the digestive system that are linked to cancer development.

20 May 2026

Scientists uncover why genome guardian p53 protein is uniquely prone to collapse

The protein p53 is often called the guardian of the genome for its central role in preventing cancer. Yet paradoxically, it is also one of the most frequently mutated and dysfunctional proteins in human tumors.

20 May 2026

Women may face greater cognitive impact from dementia risk factors

Researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that women not only experience a higher burden of certain modifiable dementia risk factors, but also appear more vulnerable to their effects on cognitive function.

20 May 2026

Study reveals cellular mechanisms driving resistance to targeted cancer therapies

Despite impressive innovations in medicine, most advanced-stage cancers still carry a grim prognosis. Developing more effective treatments requires a deeper understanding of the cellular processes that drive the formation and growth of common cancers.

20 May 2026

Higher marine microplastics may signal greater stroke and chronic disease burden in coastal communities

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19 May 2026

Vitamin D deficiency linked to higher postoperative breast cancer pain

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with more moderate to severe pain following breast cancer surgery and an increased consumption of opioid drugs, finds research published online in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.

19 May 2026

Real-world study compares leading ALK+ lung cancer treatments

A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the USC Shaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics have conducted a head-to-head comparison of five leading treatments for anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive (ALK+) non-small cell lung cancer.

19 May 2026

Sensory nerve signals found to block lung cancer immunotherapy

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have revealed that sensory nerve signals interfere with the immune system's response to lung cancer.

19 May 2026

Experimental smartphone game quickly identifies patients with depression

An experimental diagnostic tool in the form of a computer game was able to quickly identify patients with depression based on anhedonia, a key feature of the disease, a new study shows.

19 May 2026

New mRNA vaccine strategy dramatically amplifies cancer-fighting T cells

Engineers from the University of Houston, MIT and Harvard have developed a new mRNA-based strategy that dramatically amplifies the T-cell response to vaccines - an advance that could lead to far more powerful cancer vaccines and stronger protection against infectious diseases.

19 May 2026

Switching to pod-based e-cigarette could improve the odds of quitting smoking

Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, even as rates of cigarette smoking have fallen to an all-time low of approximately 10% in 2024.

19 May 2026