Cancer cells are known to reawaken embryonic genes to grow. A new study reveals the disease also hijacks the proteins, or ...

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a fast-growing cancer that forms in the lung. It's one of two types of lung cancer. The other type is non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). SCLC is less common than ...

Cancer cells respond to stress with greater diversity. Drugs that affect DNA replication, or radiation that causes direct DNA damage, lead to increasingly diverse offspring over multiple cell ...

Liver cancer is considered one of the rarer types of cancer in Germany–but the number of new cases is increasing. This ...

Scientists have discovered a sugar compound from deep-sea bacteria that can destroy cancer cells in a dramatic way. This natural substance, produced by microbes living in the ocean, causes cancer ...

Increased urinary urgency Frequent nighttime awakenings to urinate A slow or weak urinary flow Blood in the urine or semen As prostate cancer progresses and spreads to other areas of the body, it may ...

Lip cancer is a type of oral cancer that occurs on the lips, usually the lower lip. It typically begins on the lower lip, where abnormal cells start to grow out of control. These cells can form a sore ...

Respiratory viruses may activate the growth of dormant cancer cells that have spread to the lungs from elsewhere in the body. Infections like flu seem to spark an inflammatory response that helps the ...

DNA segments that are naturally excised during immune-cell development can replicate, drive damage at various genomic sites and lead to cancer recurrence. Karla K. Rodgers is in the Department of ...