Too much ultraviolet (UV) exposure from the sun or tanning beds is the leading cause of most skin cancers. Anyone can develop ...

Andrea Califano began his career as a physicist. But that's not why he's now calling cancer a quantum disease. "We're really ...

Cancer is one of the most complex and challenging diseases known to medicine. It occurs when abnormal cells in the body begin to grow uncontrollably, spreading into surrounding tissues or organs.

Cancer can recur months, years or even decades after treatment when microscopic cells remain dormant and later begin growing ...

Stopping tumor growth is only half the battle. Rather than killing tumor cells, many cancer therapies can only push them into ...

In a new study, Mass General Brigham researchers explore the causes of immune aging, a barrier to successful cancer ...

Cancer myths spread fast, especially when a confident stranger on TikTok sounds more convincing than a quiet doctor in an exam room. Many viral claims about what causes cancer do not match what major ...

Damaged DNA can escape from one human cell and infiltrate another. Like prisoners tunneling out of jail, this DNA travels via tubelike structures between neighboring cells, scientists report May 19 in ...

Scientists have identified a molecular switch that may help explain how colorectal cancer becomes deadly. When levels of a gene-regulating factor called GATA6 drop, cancer cells can shed their normal ...

Can vitamin B12 levels affect cancer risk? Know what research says about high and low B12 levels, cancer outcomes and the ...