Ovarian cancer kills more women than any other gynecological cancer. Most patients receive their diagnosis only after the ...

Scientists have discovered why ovarian cancer spreads so rapidly through the abdomen. Cancer cells enlist normally protective abdominal cells, forming mixed groups that work together to invade new ...

Postpartum breast cancer is diagnosed five to ten years after giving birth. It is associated with a higher risk of metastasis and a lower survival rate compared with women who have not been pregnant ...

Cancer becomes far more dangerous when it spreads beyond its original site. Some cancers stay in one place, while others travel through the body, settling in new areas and making treatment much harder ...

Bowel cancer cells can “shapeshift” to resemble skin or muscle cells to enable them to spread aggressively, according to scientists who have hailed it as a major breakthrough they hope can help treat ...

In a lab-grown cell study focused on potential new treatment targets for halting the spread of most pancreatic cancers, Johns ...

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 ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way tumors turn the immune system to their advantage. Researchers at the University of ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a strategy that triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells use to ...

A new study from the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center reveals that radiation therapy can spur growth in untreated metastatic tumors—even if they’re distant from the site ...

What is kidney cancer? Kidney cancer is a disease where cancer cells begin to develop abnormally in the kidneys. As cancer cells grow rapidly, they can form a tumor, and ...