Metastasis occurs when cancer cells break away from the original tumor and travel through the bloodstream to form new tumors in other parts of the body. It is the leading cause of cancer-related death ...

Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center have discovered why a powerful cancer-causing gene mutation rarely appears in ...

A new Dartmouth study opens new avenues for understanding—and potentially manipulating—how cells decide to live or die.

A protein involved with cell death can be manipulated to slow or reverse tumor growth, a pair of new studies in mice found. A colorized three dimensional micrographic scan of a melanoma cell. Recent ...

Study published in Nature Cell Biology is fundamental in understanding the ways in which cancer cells can develop drug ...

Researchers have found a small but powerful switch inside breast cancer cells that helps them survive stressful conditions.

Global cancer cases reached nearly 20 million in 2022, with deaths nearing 10 million, WHO says. A new UC San Diego study ...

EPFL scientists have identified a molecular pathway that protects cells from lipid oxidation and ferroptosis, a regulated ...

The terms tumor and cancer can refer to different types of lumps and bumps. But the terms are often confused and misused—by ...

Author Sophie Kinsella opened up about her battle with a glioblastoma — an “aggressive” form of brain cancer — before her ...