Cancer can sometimes trigger an off-the-rails immune response that harms nerve cells, rapidly leading to thinking problems and memory loss — but until now, scientists weren't sure what caused this ...

Gastric cancer cells can activate KRAS-driven signals, enabling autonomous tumor growth by producing their own WNT proteins. New research reveals how gastric cancer cells exploit WNT signaling for ...

After reading about breast cancer and aromatase inhibitors, a light went on for me about my leiomyosarcoma diagnosis. Rare cancers call for patients and doctors to think outside the box. When I was ...

Enfortumab vedotin showed a robust disease control rate in patients with urothelial cancer outside of a clinical trial, and its efficacy was not inferior in patients with diabetes and/or neuropathy.

Gastric (stomach) cancer remains one of the most common and deadly cancers in East Asia, including Korea. Yet despite its ...

A 57-year-old UK father of four recently made headlines when he revealed the bizarre clue that preceded his Stage 4 glioblastoma diagnosis — a “strange sweet caramel smell.” “We didn’t think much of ...

From 1989 through 2003, a total of 532 men underwent PC-RPLND for metastatic nonseminomatous germ cell tumor (NSGCT). Of these, 269 (51%) had either viable germ cell tumor (GCT) or teratoma present in ...

This story is part of a series on 10 life-saving medical breakthroughs. Click here to read the rest. DANIEL TUKEY, 39, was fly-fishing about a mile off Cape Cod about three years ago when his phone ...

Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors (pPNETs) are small embryonic carcinomas that develop in the soft tissue and bone, away from the central nervous system (CNS) and sympathetic nervous system ...

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