These markers are most helpful when someone already has a diagnosed cancer — to track treatment response or detect recurrence ...

Tumors are heterogenous masses of cells that rapidly divide. Many cells have different mutations, functions, and ways to avoid immune cell detection and drive tumor progression. The heterogeneity of ...

A new imaging technology can distinguish cancerous tissue from healthy cells by detecting ultra-weak light signals. It relies ...

Cancer is a complex disease that evades the immune system through various mechanisms. The rapid proliferation of cells and their ability to resist therapy make cancer extremely aggressive. Solid ...

A 69 year old female patient with cancer in the head (widest part) of the pancreas spreading to a major abdominal artery (left image). After combined chemotherapy and radiation treatment, the tumor ...

Researchers have developed a new compact Raman imaging system that is sensitive enough to differentiate between tumor and ...

A bacterium from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs has "exhibited remarkably potent" tumor-killing abilities when administered intravenously, outperforming current standard therapies and paving ...

Siddhartha Mukherjee, oncologist and author of “The Emperor of All Maladies,” asks: What if we change what a tumor can eat?