New Research Avenues Provide Hope for Metastatic Disease
New Research Avenues Provide Hope for Metastatic Disease
Learn about the latest cellular studies that help researchers discover the mechanisms of cancer metastasis.
Learn about the latest cellular studies that help researchers discover the mechanisms of cancer metastasis.
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Tapping into Immunotherapy’s Potential to Help More People
The Scientist Staff | Mar 8, 2024 | 2 min read
Discover what researchers have learned about varying immunotherapy response rates between patients with the same cancer types.
Phenotypic Variation in Cancer Cells Often Not Due to Mutations
Jef Akst | Oct 26, 2022 | 3 min read
Most differences in gene expression among cells within a tumor are likely due to environment or noise, a study suggests.
2D Genetic Map of Prostate Cells Charts Cancer Growth
Holly Barker, PhD | Aug 23, 2022 | 4 min read
An in situ map of copy number variations in prostate tissue reveals that purportedly cancerous genomic changes frequently occur in the healthy tissue surrounding tumors.
Infographic: Researchers Take Aim at Cancer Evolution
Catherine Offord | Apr 1, 2020 | 2 min read
Strategies to trick, manipulate, and direct the evolution of tumors
Cancer Researchers Use Evolution to Target Drug Resistance
Catherine Offord | Apr 1, 2020 | 10+ min read
New therapeutic approaches in oncology aim to manipulate or block cancer’s adaptation to treatment.
Most Comprehensive Analysis of Cancer Genomes to Date
Jef Akst | Feb 5, 2020 | 2 min read
An interrogation of the whole genomes of more than 2,600 cancers yields clues about the genetic drivers of malignancy, how tumors evolve, and more.
Tracking the Evolutionary History of a Tumor
Amber Dance | Apr 1, 2017 | 7 min read
Analyzing single cell sequences to decipher the evolution of a tumor
Hitting It Out of the Park
Mary Beth Aberlin | Apr 1, 2017 | 3 min read
Cancer can be as evasive and slippery as a spitball, but new immunotherapies are starting to connect.