Study Links Methylmalonic Acid to Weakening of Immune Cells in Lung Cancer Oct. 31, 2024 — A new study has found a surprising link between high levels of methylmalonic acid and the weakening of ...

Skin cancer is by far the most common type of cancer in the United States. Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a type of skin cancer, but it's not common. About 3,000 people are diagnosed with Merkel cell ...

Kidney cancer happens when cells in one or both kidneys start to grow out of control. Eventually, the cells become a mass called a tumor. As the cancer progresses, it can spread to other parts of the ...

The removal of nearby lymph nodes may also be recommended, especially if they have become enlarged. If any cancer cells have spread into large veins located near the kidneys, the veins may be opened ...

Sep. 27, 2024 — Estrogens are known to drive tumor growth in breast cancer cells that carry its receptors, but a new study unexpectedly finds that estrogens play a role in fueling the growth of ...

Korean researchers have developed a technology that treats colon cancer by converting cancer cells into a state resembling normal colon cells. Listen to Story Researchers in South Korea have developed ...

Scientists found that healthy women can carry genetic changes in their breast cells that are thought to be characteristic of invasive breast cancer. Most cancer cells have too many or too few ...

T cells, a kind of immune cell, are removed from the patient's blood, then modified to target cancer and infused back into the patient. Now researchers have discovered that some of these cells ...

Cancer can begin from almost any cell in the body. The immune system usually tries to prevent it from spreading by monitoring the body for abnormal cells. White blood cells known as T-cells ...

The goal of traditional cancer treatments is to destroy cancer cells. Although this approach is often successful, it has two major drawbacks: the possibility that cancer cells will become resistant ...

Who would have thought something as simple as causing a molecule to vibrate could potentially save lives? But that’s exactly what a team of scientists has discovered: a creative way to destroy cancer ...