Even with breakthroughs, treatment for advanced squamous cell carcinoma is more complex. Patients often need more than one treatment. Many patients with this advanced cancer are cared for by a team of ...

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified an important immune response that helps explain why ...

Researchers have found a reliable way to grow helper T cells from stem cells, solving a major challenge in immune-based ...

A small number of cancer cells with the ability to change their identities and behaviors appear to be a key driver of cancer ...

Stomach cancer—or gastric cancer—occurs when cells in the lining of the stomach wall mutate and grow uncontrollably. The stomach wall has five layers, and different types of stomach cancer are often ...

Researchers have uncovered a stealthy way pancreatic cancer disarms the immune system, using tiny molecular messengers to ...

Colorectal cancer, the abnormal growth of cancerous cells in the large intestine or the rectum, is one of the most common ...

Trudy Oliver, professor of pharmacology and cancer biology, is part of a team of scientists that recently published a study uncovering a major shift in how scientists understand small-cell lung cancer ...

We knew we had something interesting with T3p, a single small RNA found in breast cancer but absent from normal tissue. After being described in 2018, this molecule took our team on a six-year journey ...

Of all the types of breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive and lacks specific therapies.

Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...