One way cancer specialists detect the disease is by examining cells and bodily fluids under a microscope, a time-consuming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surgeons at UCHealth Anschutz Cancer Pavilion in Aurora are using new technology to identify cancer cells they normally would have ...

Blood tests are helpful for monitoring your overall health. But research suggests they can also give us clues about the ...

Study shows aggressive cancer cells reveal themselves by physical behavior on textured metasurfaces, not genes, enabling fast, label-free detection missed by flat tests. (Nanowerk News) New study ...

Oral cancers with a high risk of recurrence can be identified at an early stage by examining the lymphatic vessels of the tumor. Finnish researchers have discovered for the first time that the surface ...

Cancer is often described as a genetic roll of the dice. A matter of bad luck. But new global estimates from the World Health Organization suggest something different: four in 10 cancer cases could be ...

A case report recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) presents a previously unknown cause of skin cancer: human papillomavirus (HPV). While HPV has previously been linked to ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way tumors turn the immune system to their advantage. Researchers at the University of Geneva found that neutrophils—normally frontline defenders against ...

Cancer tumors hijack the vagus nerve to communicate with the brain, triggering a hormonal response that suppresses the immune system.