The discovery of how head and neck cancer cells hijack healthy tissue, promoting invasion of cancer cells, could open possibilities for new therapeutics.

Targeting abnormal cell metabolism may offer a way to treat aggressive brain tumors in kids, extending survival and boosting how well chemotherapy works.

New technology uses adenoviruses as a way to sneak into tumors and then get the cancer cells create the means of their own destruction.

Melanoma alters metabolism of healthy tissue elsewhere in the body. The new research suggests targeting these tissues could help treat cancer.

Experiments with asbestos fibers in soil indicate that efforts to prevent human exposure to the cancer-causing mineral may threaten water supplies.

Personalized cancer vaccines made using DNA can program the immune system to attack tumors, including breast and pancreatic cancers, researchers report.

Personalized cancer vaccines made using DNA can program the immune system to attack tumors, including breast and pancreatic cancers, researchers report.

Women with unmet basic needs may not get Pap smears because they're focused on things like housing and food. A fix would save lives, say researchers.

After analyzing data from more than 19,500 cancer patients, researchers report a link between eating more mushrooms and lower cancer risk.

"If we can develop more ways to identify lung cancer earlier, that may open the door for treatments that greatly improve the survival rate."