Ovarian cancer remains the leading cause of death among cancers affecting the female reproductive system, largely because current treatments are not effective once the cancer has spread (metastasized) ...

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process by which cancer cells detach from their neighboring cells and acquire invasive properties, plays a key role in the formation of metastases and ...

Exosomes transform prostate cancer care with early detection, tailored treatments, and real-time prognosis tracking for ...

Activity of bevacizumab at the time of surgery after 6 weeks of preoperative cessation. Background: EMT is a phenotypic description of cancer cells that include loss of cell adhesion, increased ...

Cancer treatments aim to kill tumor cells, and the immune system is tasked with getting rid of the resulting cellular corpses. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A type of T cell called cytotoxic T cells can recognize the mutated proteins on cancer cells and should therefore be able to kill them. However, in most patients, cancer cells grow unchecked ...

By Gina Kolata Within every cancer are molecules that spur deadly, uncontrollable growth. What if scientists could hook those molecules to others that make cells self-destruct? Could the very ...

A researcher discovered that giant cells under a microscope were actually cancer cells hiding inside other cancer cells. By Gina Kolata In a surprise discovery, researchers found that cells from ...

Emily Whitehead has a secret weapon: "My T-cells, part of my immune system, were trained to fight and kill my cancer." She was only six when she became the first child ever to receive genetically ...

Cancer is a disease that causes abnormal cells to reproduce and spread to other parts of the body, which can result in tumors or damage to the immune system that may become fatal. Healthy cells ...