1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1147+ words) Beneath cancer’s genetic chaos, tumor cells may be confined to just a handful of recurring states, revealing a simpler path to treatment. Cancer is often defined by its complexity: countless mutations, shifting cell populations, and tumors that evolve under pressure....

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (602+ words) A newly identified link between amino acid metabolism and cholesterol production may help prostate tumors adapt to hormone therapy. Prostate cancer can find ways around treatments designed to deprive tumors of the hormones they need to grow. Weill Cornell Medicine…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (934+ words) Pre-surgery immunotherapy kept a group of bowel cancer patients cancer-free for nearly three years, while personalized blood tests helped predict treatment response. Patients with a specific form of bowel cancer who received a short course of immunotherapy before surgery, rather…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (356+ words) An unusual immune signature in lung cancer has led researchers toward a potential therapy involving tumor microbes and MAIT cells. Bacteria living inside lung tumors may be doing more than simply occupying the tumor environment. In preclinical research from the…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (583+ words) Most men are unaware that a widely consumed part of the American diet has been linked to prostate cancer risk. A new national survey found that only 20% of men knew about the reported association between dairy consumption and prostate cancer....

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (714+ words) Australian researchers have identified a promising new approach that could help stop one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer from spreading. Triple-negative breast cancer becomes especially dangerous once tumor cells escape the breast and establish themselves elsewhere in…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (501+ words) Cluster headache causes extreme pain, but its origins remain unclear. New research links the disorder to genetics, inflammation, and tobacco smoke exposure. Unlike an ordinary headache, a cluster attack typically erupts without warning and causes excruciating pain around one eye....

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (523+ words) Women with the most antioxidant-rich diets had a strikingly lower prevalence of cervical cancer in a nationwide analysis. A cervical cancer diagnosis is usually traced back to one dominant cause: persistent infection with a high-risk strain of human papillomavirus (HPV)....

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (464+ words) A microbial metabolite called 3,4 dihydroxybenzoic acid, derived from dietary fiber, improved antitumor immunity in mice. A compound made by gut bacteria during the breakdown of dietary fiber may offer a way to strengthen cancer immunotherapy. In mouse studies, University of…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (835+ words) Cancer’s spread to distant organs can now be studied using lab-grown bone, lung, and blood vessel tissues. Cancer becomes far more dangerous when it stops being confined to one place. Most cancer deaths are not caused by the original tumor,…...