Breast cancer can spread—or metastasize—to many different parts of the body, but it's not well understood why tumors grow ...

Being overweight or obese has long been linked to a greater risk of developing or dying from breast cancer. New research suggests a reason: Certain breast cancer tumors may feed on neighboring fat ...

Gastric (stomach) cancer remains one of the most common and deadly cancers in East Asia, including Korea. Yet despite its high prevalence, it has received far less molecular attention than colorectal ...

The video I am watching feels like a scene from a horror movie. At the centre of the screen is a blood-red mass – in reality, a massively magnified pancreatic tumour, vividly dyed as if to highlight ...

Researchers have found a reliable way to grow helper T cells from stem cells, solving a major challenge in immune-based ...

New research reveals how cancer cells exploit fat-packed molecules to shield themselves from cell death. Could targeting cancer’s metabolic tricks revolutionize therapy? Joerg Carstensen/dpa Dallas ...

Scientists have uncovered a troubling role for a vitamin A byproduct in cancer, which appears to help tumours slip past the ...

A study led by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center found that normal cells surrounding a tumor, known as cancer-associated ...

Small cell lung cancer cells that metastasize to the brain cozy up to neurons and form working electrical connections, called synapses, according to an upcoming study led by Stanford Medicine ...

Cancer’s deadliest talent is not rapid growth but the ability to sidestep the internal programs that should make damaged cells self-destruct. Across multiple labs, researchers are now converging on a ...

Researchers found in mice that multiple nutrients and cancer cell characteristics work together to control the spread of ...