You’ve probably heard of the four stages of cancer—but there’s another even earlier stage that experts say can make a huge ...

Signet cell cancer is a rare type of cancer that mostly starts in the glandular cells. It is also called signet ring cell cancer. Nearly 57 out of 100 (57%) of all signet cell cancers start in the ...

Scientists are looking for answers about how these confounding trips, known as metastases, occur throughout the human body Illustration of a human cancer cell Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine Back ...

Proteins play a central role in virtually every disease. They are the building blocks of life, serving as essential ...

The breakdown of epithelial-cell homeostasis leading to aggressive cancer progression is correlated with the loss of epithelial characteristics and the acquisition of a migratory phenotype.

Most people who have cancer cells in their bones don't have primary bone cancer. They have cancer cells that have spread into the bone from a cancer elsewhere in the body. This is called secondary or ...

These cells also line other parts of the urinary tract, such as the urethra and part of the kidney. If you have this type of cancer, your doctor should check your whole urinary tract for other tumors.

Merkel cell carcinoma falls within the category of nonmelanoma skin cancer and is a rare neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin, affecting about 2,500 people in the U.S. annually. Merkel cells are ...

Anal cancer occurs when certain cells in the anus or the anal canal (what connects the anus to the rectum) start to grow and ...

Researchers are unsure of the exact cause of prostate cancer. It develops when specific changes occur, usually in glandular cells. When prostate gland cells appear abnormal, a doctor may refer to ...

A recently developed cancer treatment called chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR T-cell therapy, for short) offers hope to people whose diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has proved ...

Imagine a super-charged immune cell that can launch a focused attack on stubborn solid tumors - a smart fighter that destroys cancer cells for days without tiring. USC biomedical engineers have ...