Excess body weight—including overweight and obesity—is a significant risk factor for cancer. Research from the American Cancer Society estimates that it contributes to approximately 5 percent of ...

Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that forms in plasma cells, white blood ...

Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.

It is a useful therapy with several drawbacks that limit its effectiveness, including prolonged light sensitivity, poor ...

Over the past two decades, the idea of targeting transcription factors to combat malignancies has turned into a clinical reality.

"We have discovered a molecular switch that can revert the fate of cancer cells," said biologist Kwang-Hyun Cho.

This important study demonstrates the potential of synthetic gene circuits to detect and target aberrant RAS activity in cancer cell lines. The circuit design is novel and the evidence supporting the ...

Chemists at Emory University have invented a reaction to streamline the total synthesis of a compound, phaeocaulisin A, ...

Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients—not from other organ sites, as previously ...

How common is endometrial cancer? In the United States, cancer of the endometrium (the lining of the uterus) is the most common cancer of the female reproductive organs. The American Cancer Society ...

Breast cancers can be classified into subgroups that hint at the aggressiveness of the cancer and the likelihood that the ...

Recent studies show how dietary choices may affect a person's risk of cancer, particularly colorectal cancer, and cancer of ...