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.

What is Cancer?

Cancer is refers to a group of more than a hundred diseases that can originate in many different parts of the body.

Transforming Cancer Care through Genomic Testing

Effects of Social and Economic Deprivation on Cancer Mortality

What Role do Biobanks Play in Cancer Research?

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder?

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What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

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Assay for Monitoring and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors

Extracellular Vesicles as Floating Cancer Biomarkers

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Overview of Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Using Biomarkers to Detect Cancer

Why are Cancer Cell Lines Useful?

Hypoxia Markers and Their Importance

What is the Tumor Microenvironment?

Metastatic Migration in Cancer may be Influenced by Metabolism

The Cancer Cell Surface Proteome as a Therapeutic Target

How Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors have Revolutionized Cancer Treatment

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TARDIS: The Improved Method of Detecting Breast Cancer

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

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

Acidosis and Tumor Progression

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy

The Biochemistry of Breast Cancer Screening

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

Exploiting Enzymes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

Proto-Oncogene Activation: The Genetic Shift that Fuels Cancer

Latest Cancer News and Research

New QR4 model identifies hidden risk factors in cardiovascular disease

Collaborative research, led from the University of Oxford and published today in Nature Medicine, has developed a new tool called QR4 that more accurately predicts an individual's 10-year risk of cardiovascular diseases, like heart disease and stroke, particularly identifying high-risk patients that current prediction tools miss.

9 May 2025

Trump team faces key legal decision that could put mental health parity in peril

The Trump administration must soon make a decision that will affect millions of Americans' ability to access and afford mental health and addiction care.

9 May 2025

Precision nano therapy targets tumor nerves in pancreatic cancer

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal. A preclinical study has developed a precision nano-intervention strategy targeting tumor-associated nerves to destroy nerve-fueled tumor growth in pancreatic cancer.

8 May 2025

Annual blood test could detect cancer earlier and save lives

A single blood test, designed to pick up chemical signals indicative of the presence of many different types of cancer, could potentially thwart progression to advanced disease while the malignancy is still at an early stage and amenable to treatment in up to half of cases, suggests a modelling study published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

8 May 2025

St. Jude Children's scientists use brain organoids to study rare encephalopathy

While extremely rare, encephalopathy (a condition affecting brain function) triggered by mutations in the UBA5 gene has devastating impacts, with affected individuals reaching few developmental milestones and experiencing frequent and early-onset seizures.

8 May 2025

AI tool uses facial images to predict biological age and cancer survival

Eyes may be the window to the soul, but a person's biological age could be reflected in their facial characteristics. Investigators from Mass General Brigham developed a deep learning algorithm called FaceAge that uses a photo of a person's face to predict biological age and survival outcomes for patients with cancer.

8 May 2025

New stem cell model mimics alpha cell behavior in diabetic conditions

Mor than 800 million people worldwide are living with diabetes, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, with numbers steadily increasing.

8 May 2025

New immunotherapy target found in pancreatic cancer cells

Researchers from MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered that a class of peptides expressed in pancreatic cancer cells could be a promising target for T-cell therapies and other approaches that attack pancreatic tumors.

8 May 2025

Cancer rates are climbing in younger adults and researchers want to know why

A new NIH-led study finds rising rates of 14 cancer types in Americans under 50, especially breast, colorectal, kidney, uterine, and pancreatic cancers. The research urges deeper investigation into shared risk factors and earlier screening strategies.

8 May 2025