Question: How does cancer form? Answer: Cancer is a devastating disease that can affect any gender at any age. Typically, cancer occurs in older age, due to accumulation of DNA mutations over the ...

In real time, scientists at the University of Iowa have used computerized 3D images to show how cancer cells recruit surrounding cells into a growing 'tumor mass.' ...

Partly, this is because little is known about the form of these signals. This study tells us a bit more about how cancer forms and provides a further avenue to explore.

A massive undertaking to map cancer tumours is providing new insights into how the disease forms, evolves and develops resistance to treatments ...

When tumor cells acquire the capacity to move around and invade other tissues, there is a risk of metastases and cancer treatment becomes more difficult. Scientists have just discovered how breast ...

Cancer is a mysterious disease for many reasons. Chief among the unknowns are how and why tumors form. Two University of Iowa studies offer key insights by recording in real time, and in 3-D, the ...

Cancer specialists have long known that anemia, caused by a lack of healthy red blood cells, often arises when cancer ...

Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) tends to be more aggressive than other types of lung cancer, such as NSCLC. SCLC has usually already spread to distant organs by the time it’s diagnosed.

There are many different forms and stages of breast cancer. But the overall five-year survivorship for people with all stages of breast cancer is now 91 percent, according to the ACS.