Lung cancer tumor cells in mice communicate with the brain, sending signals to deactivate the body’s immune response, a study ...

In recent years, cancer researchers have made major breakthroughs by using the body's immune system to fight cancer. One of ...

Researchers recently tried an experiment: Gather people who had the same kind of lung cancer and put them on the same type of treatments to fire up their immune systems. The only difference was that ...

Colorectal cancer has long baffled scientists because, unlike most tumors, patients often do better when their cancers are ...

Pancreatic cancer may evade the immune system not by accident but by actively switching off internal danger signals through ...

Pancreatic cancer may evade the immune system using a clever molecular trick. Researchers found that the cancer-driving protein MYC also suppresses immune alarm signals, allowing tumors to grow ...

Scientists have long observed that cancer patients have a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease. New research reveals a possible ...

Investigators tested a new neoadjuvant immunotherapy to fight prostate cancer using a virus-mimicking drug to activate the immune system.

Predicting tumor progression is one of the major challenges in oncology. Scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and ...

An infection with Epstein-Barr virus is a nonevent for most people. But for a subset, the virus can contribute to chronic ...

Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare and aggressive form of neuroendocrine skin cancer. While it accounts for a small fraction of ...

Knowable Magazine reports on advancements in pancreatic cancer treatment, including new drugs, vaccines, and early diagnostic technologies promising improved survival rates.