Breast cancer is becoming increasingly treatable, but in some cases the disease can resurface even decades after a patient has been declared cancer free. This is because of cells that detach from the ...

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that cancer cells 'hijack' a process used by healthy cells to spread around the body, completely changing current ways of thinking around cancer ...

The new study sheds light on breast cancer spread after surgery in mice. If a new study in mice ends up holding true for humans, there may be a new explanation for why breast cancer can spread after ...

Cancer treatment often sounds distant and technical, so stories about it can feel hard to enter. Yet, everyday curiosity ...

Researchers at the University of Basel and the University Hospital of Basel report a process that helps breast cancer cells implant themselves in certain places in the body. The findings suggest a way ...

During the cancer treatment process, it's important for adolescents and young adults to balance independence while seeking support from loved ones. At 23 years old in 2011, Stacy Leung achieved two ...

A cancer diagnosis can cause stark transitions in self-image, sense of self and identity, as both the illness and treatment can significantly alter a person’s body. As cancer treatment begins, a ...

A novel function of the gene PLK1 (polo-like kinase 1) has been uncovered that helps prostate cancer cells metastasize (spread) to other parts of the body. This mechanism highlights new potential ...

Whether you are told you have cancer alone or with someone, getting over the initial shock is hard enough – but you then have to tell others of your diagnosis. This, much like the entire cancer ...

Telomerase, a powerful enzyme found at the ends of chromosomes, can keep humans healthy, or promote cancer growth. Researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder used a process called ...

Worried about health effects from the U.S.’s increasingly smoky summers? One day, not far in the future, you may be able to pop a few pills that will help your cells pinpoint and extract the worst of ...