A small number of cancer cells with the ability to change their identities and behaviors appear to be a key driver of cancer ...

Stopping cancer cells from entering a soft biomechanical state could help the immune system clear dormant cancer metastasis.

Researchers have identified a single protein whose absence can cripple tumors in mice, slowing their growth and in some cases pushing cancer cells to self-destruct. The work, centered on a molecule ...

Cachexia is a metabolic disorder that causes uncontrolled weight loss and muscle wasting in chronic diseases and cancer.

Stanford University scientists have found that erythropoietin (EPO), a protein identified nearly 40 years ago for its ability to stimulate the production of red blood cells also plays a surprising, ...

The study, published in British scientific journal Nature, suggests that the disease may begin in basal stem cells — long-lived cells that help repair and replace damaged tissue in the lungs — ...

In a unique finding, researchers at Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center discovered that when pancreatic cancer ...