Stopping a rare childhood cancer in its tracks
Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered a new drug target for Ewing sarcoma, a rare kind of cancer…
Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered a new drug target for Ewing sarcoma, a rare kind of cancer…
Scientists are harnessing a new way to turn cancer cells into potent, anti-cancer agents. In the latest work from the…
People who believe in conspiracies, reject the covid-19 vaccine, or prefer alternative medicine are more likely to endorse mythical causes…
Ewing sarcoma is a fast-growing form of bone and soft tissue cancer that strikes about 200 children and young adults…
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of people with cancer want to know about complementary therapies such as exercise, nutrition counseling, massage, and…
Treating high-risk, asymptomatic bone metastases with radiation may reduce painful complications and hospitalizations and possibly extend overall survival in people…
Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who develop cancer are more likely to die in the following seven years if…
Over recent decades, more and more adults under the age of 50 are developing cancer. A study conducted by researchers…
Two new federally funded studies will recruit more than 300 patients with colon cancer to determine whether aerobic exercise can…
Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of body cells leading to the formation of tumors, triggered by the accumulation of mutations…
An international team of researchers led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities engineers have found that cancer cells can gravitate…
Researchers at the University of Southampton have gained unprecedented new insight into the key properties of an antibody needed to…
Both cervical and anal cancer are caused by human papillomavirus. Both diseases also share a common precursor: abnormal cells known…
Rampant inflammation has long been linked to cancer but exactly how it pushes healthy cells to transform into malignant ones…
Cancer patients are at a greater risk for developing diabetes, according to a new study by the Steno Diabetes Center…
Women with multiple sclerosis (MS) are less likely to have breast cancers detected through cancer screenings than women without MS,…
Peripheral membrane proteins have the particularity of temporarily binding to cell membranes, a necessary step for them to be able…
Bacteria promote cancer metastasis by bolstering the strength of host cells against mechanical stress in the bloodstream, promoting cell survival…
Scientists have shown how accelerated biological aging measured by an epigenetic clock may increase the risk of bowel cancer, according…
Patients treated for Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) face a five-year recurrence rate of 40%—markedly higher than the recurrence rates for…
“We must not only look inside the tumour but also outside of it,” says Héctor Peinado, a researcher at the…
Cancer cells can dodge chemotherapy by entering a state that bears similarity to certain kinds of senescence, a type of…
For cancer cells to metastasize, they must first break free of a tumor’s own defenses. Most tumors are sheathed in…
By harnessing the immune system against cancer, immunotherapies have revolutionized the way some types of cancer are treated. But most…
The ongoing fight of science against cancer has made great strides, but cancer cells have not made it easy. The…
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Breast cancer death rates have stopped declining for women in the U.S. younger than age 40,…
Most tumors consist of a heterogenous mix of cells. Genetic mutations found only in some of these cells are known…
A popular indigestion medication can increase survival in colorectal cancer, according to research published in ecancermedicalscience. But in fact, scientists…
Cancer metastasis, the migration of cells from a primary tumor to form distant tumors in the body, can be triggered…
Mistaken belief in mythical causes of cancer is rife according to new research jointly funded by Cancer Research UK and…