Ovarian cancer spreads fast by recruiting the body’s own protective cells to clear the way—and that secret alliance may finally be its undoing.

Ovarian cancer kills more women than any other gynecological cancer. Most patients receive their diagnosis only after the ...

Preclinical study findings point to new possibilities for strategies for treating metastatic TNBC patients for whom there are no specific therapies.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a strategy that triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells use to boost their ability to metastasize, or spread to other organs. Metastasis is ...

For some time, we've known that it's rare to see people with both cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Now, scientists believe ...

In mice, the oral bacteria F. nucleatum can travel to mammary tissue via the bloodstream, where it can damage healthy cells.

Researchers have found a reliable way to grow helper T cells from stem cells, solving a major challenge in immune-based cancer therapy. Helper T cells act as the immune system’s coordinators, helping ...

New research shows a common skin fungus can help melanoma spread by changing cancer cell movement and energy use.

(By Dr. Mandeep Singh Malhotra) Cancer still remains a prominent cause of mortality across the globe. Despite recent ...

The work, recently published in Nature Communications, addresses a long-standing puzzle in breast cancer biology. Scientists have known that while aging increases breast cancer risk, having a ...