A gene called KLF5 may be a key force behind the spread of pancreatic cancer—but not in the way scientists expected. Rather than mutating DNA, it rewires how genes are turned on and off, helping ...

Metastases are a key problem in many types of cancer. As descendants of the primary tumor, they can grow in other organs ...

Researchers at the CU Anschutz Cancer Center have discovered how breast cancer cells that spread to the lungs may take ...

Cancer is transported from one organ to another by invisible bubbles. Understanding these microscopic messengers could change the fight against metastasis. Preventing cancer from spreading throughout ...

Breast cancer can spread—or metastasize—to many different parts of the body, but it's not well understood why tumors grow better in some organs than others. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

A study by researchers at the University of California San Diego could make it easier to treat breast cancer by uncovering a ...

TYK2 can act to suppress breast cancer, researchers say, and drugs that inhibit it can promote ‘breast cancer invasion and ...

Spencer Laird first noticed blood in his stool when he was 25. His doctor thought it was hemorrhoids caused by his work as a mechanic. Eighteen months later, a colonoscopy found colorectal cancer, ...