New atlas that charts tumor cell diversity could guide personalized therapy for head and neck cancer

Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) are the seventh-most prevalent form of cancer and are associated with human ...

Novel tool measures how cancer cells rewrite genetic instructions to aid growth and survival

Cancer is caused by faulty genes, but what also shapes a cancer cell's behavior is how a gene's instructions are trimmed and ...
Fred Hutch

Types of Skin Cancer

There are three common types of skin cancer in the United States: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare type of skin cancer. Fred Hutch Cancer ...
Medscape

New Nanoparticles Can Destroy Undruggable Cancer Proteins

Researchers have created nanoparticles that can remove disease-driving proteins while also delivering a chemotherapeutic or ...

Unusual tumor cells may be overlooked factors in advanced breast cancer

An enigmatic type of circulating tumor cell called a dual-positive (DP) cell is associated with shorter survival time in patients with advanced breast cancer, according to a study led by investigators ...
The Scientist

A History of HeLa Cells: How the Immortal Cells Advanced Biomedical Science

HeLa cells are the most famous human cells in science. Discover how cervical cancer, HPV proteins, and bioethics shaped one ...

Tracing extracellular vesicles' journey from cancer cells to urine

Cancer cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) can travel from distant tumors through the bloodstream and kidneys ...
WWLP-22News

World Lung Cancer Day: Risk factors and types

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – World Lung Cancer Day has been observed every year on August 1 since 2012 to raise awareness about the risk of the disease. Cooler start to August in western Massachusetts The ...