Researchers have identified a potential new way to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a deadly and currently incurable lung disease that affects more than 3 million people worldwide.

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown type of connective tissue cells that surround cancer cells in pancreatic tumors. The newly discovered cells counteract tumor development and may ...

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have discovered a previously unknown type of connective tissue cells that surround ...

Teddi Mellencamp’s life is hanging in the balance as she battles an aggressive form of Stage 4 skin cancer. The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star revealed this week that her dad ...

Research featured in Oncotarget indicates that fasting can diminish the presence of M2-type tumor-associated macrophages within the tumor microenvironment--cells that typically assist cancer in ...

Tumor cells transform fibroblasts into cancer-associated fibroblasts, which have an important immunosuppressive activity on which growth, invasion, and metastasis depend. These activated fibroblasts ...

Transcription of the amplified ecDNA genes can promote oncogenic processes, such as the increased expression of cancer drivers ... factor receptor (EGFR) and fibroblast growth factor receptor ...

Dame Esther Rantzen has issued a candid update on her health, following her diagnosis with stage four lung cancer two years ago. The broadcasting legend, who was at one point given just weeks to live, ...

Hemorrhoids and colon or anal cancer can cause similar symptoms, such as rectal bleeding or lumps in the anus. A doctor can distinguish between them through tests, such as a physical exam ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said in 2015 that there is a cancer risk associated with glyphosate exposure. First Nation leaders have rightly issued a ban on aerial herbicide spraying of ...

Some 90% of all missed lung cancer cases occur on chest X-rays. Chest pain, coughing, fatigue, and shortness of breath are symptoms associated with a number of diseases. These common symptoms may ...