Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in the United States, but each year it claims more than 50,000 lives – in part because early symptoms can be mild and easily missed. “Colon cancer ...

Cancer always seems to break the rules — defying normal biology and finding new ways to survive, grow, and spread. That ability fascinated Rushika M. Perera, PhD, when she was younger. It’s what ...

Personalized cancer vaccines enhance immunotherapy by training T cells to recognize tumor-specific mutations, improving immune response against cancer cells. Dr. Thomas Marron emphasizes the ...

The core problem in oncology has always been one of discrimination. Cancer cells and normal cells are, at the molecular level, nearly identical. What distinguishes a cancer cell is dysregulation, a ...

Scientists long ago identified their target: a smooth-surfaced protein inside cells, called KRAS, that is altered in certain ...

When Lisa Dutton was declared free of breast cancer in 2017, she took a moment to celebrate with family and friends, even though she knew her cancer journey might not be over. As many as one-third of ...