Many people with cancer experience dramatic loss of muscle and fat tissue. In many cases, even the heart muscle is affected, which further weakens the body.

Scientists at UCSF and Gladstone Institutes have identified cancer drugs that promise to reverse the changes that occur in ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have uncovered the mechanism by which cells identify and repair a highly toxic form of DNA ...

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a deadly cancer with particularly high prevalence in East Asia. While ...

A new drug was shown to significantly reduce tumor growth in lab studies by up to 77% for melanoma and colorectal cancers.

CLL can mean fatigue, fear and years of waiting but new research shows that staying active helps people feel better – and ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan studied what happens when macrophages—a type of immune cell—encounter dying cancer cells in tumors and discovered a mechanism that accelerates tumor ...

CAR T-cell therapy has the potential to revolutionise how we treat certain types of cancer by genetically engineering someone’s own immune cells to attack the disease – but it is also ...

Scientists have discovered tumors can tap a nontraditional pathway to acquire lipoproteins—molecules that transport fat in blood—which enriches cancer cells with an antioxidant shield to ...

Notably, when researchers artificially removed cholesterol from cancer cells using a cholesterol-depleting drug, even the most heat-resistant cells became vulnerable to hyperthermia treatment.

They are mapping out interactions between tumour cells and the nerve cells surrounding them – and shattering the long-held belief that these are of little significance.

A recent study suggests that an ingredient in energy drinks may actually cause cancer cells to grow quickly. Everything to know, and what that means for you.