Scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered how pancreatic cancer cells thrive in the lungs or liver, environments that are as distinct to cells as the ocean and desert are to animals. The spread ...

Chinese researchers have revealed a mechanism that triggers metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)—the most common type of primary liver cancer—through the production of acetate by ...

Scientists have identified a promising strategy to improve liver cancer immunotherapy: targeting B-cells. While immunotherapy has transformed cancer treatment by activating T-cells—a type of immune ...

"All rapidly growing cells in the body are affected by chemotherapy. The cancer cells are targeted, but hair cells and the ...

A redesigned immune-activating cancer drug has produced striking early results in a small clinical trial, shrinking tumors ...

At certain point of cancer progression, primary localized tumors may disseminate to distant organs, including lymph nodes, lungs, bones, liver, or brain. The current options to treat cancer metastases ...

Stage 4 lung cancer, also called metastatic lung cancer, is the most aggressive and life-threatening stage of the disease. By this point, cancer has spread from the lungs to vital organs such as the ...

Liver cancer, primarily hepatocellular carcinoma, originates in the liver, with hepatitis B and C as major risk factors. Diagnosis involves physical exams, blood tests, imaging, and possibly biopsy to ...

New research shows that women living near Superfund sites are more likely to develop aggressive and metastatic breast cancers ...

The American Cancer Society projected for 2025 that there would be over 154,000 new cases of colorectal cancer and 52,900 ...