Cancer

A Baylor College of Medicine-led research team has identified a molecular route by which estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer cells...

Lung cancer screening can detect tumors before symptoms appear, when treatment is more likely to succeed, yet a national analysis...

A single oral dose of an experimental therapy protected mice from otherwise lethal whole-body radiation while leaving radiation’s ability to...

The molecular switch that helps determine whether a human gene is turned on or remains silent has been decoded with...

A first-in-class experimental drug has shown strong preclinical activity against several aggressive blood cancers by exploiting a previously unrecognized relationship...

Gastric cancer treatment may be entering an era in which a tumour’s microscopic appearance is translated into a personalised forecast...

A two-headed experimental drug has eradicated aggressive human lymphoma tumors in mice by turning one of cancer’s most important growth-driving...

Cancer drugs are designed to attack the molecular machinery that allows tumors to grow, divide, and spread. Yet once a...

Breast cancer patients receiving injectable gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist therapy may be able to shift a significant part of their treatment...

A new analysis of more than 11,000 cancer clinical trials in the United States has revealed a sharply divided but...

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 20, 2026 — Immunotherapy has changed the outlook for many people with advanced cancer by turning the...

New York, New York, August 20, 2026 — A chemotherapy-free combination of four targeted treatments has produced encouraging and durable...

Blood cancer patients who cannot find a closely matched stem cell donor may soon have a broader path to transplantation....

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has traditionally been described as a disease of motor neurons—the nerve cells that carry signals from...

Gliomas are among the most difficult cancers to treat, not only because of their location and invasive growth, but also...

Cancer treatments that stop tumors from growing may also leave behind a potentially dangerous population of “undead” cells, according to...

A simple stool test mailed to the home may be associated with a substantially lower risk of dying from colorectal...

A comparative analysis of 11,681 cancer clinical trials conducted in the United States has found a pronounced difference between the...

Tsukuba, Japan—Breast cancer survivors may face a substantially higher risk of herpes zoster than women without a history of breast...

A simple mouth rinse may carry molecular clues about cancers hidden deep in the digestive system. In a study published...