Anthony Cuadros, a junior at Center Grove High School, runs a test in The Shields Lab at the IU Simon Cancer Center over the summer. Cuadros’ work in the lab researching treatments for small-cell lung ...

An experiment in Brazil compared the effects of exposing breast cancer cells in culture to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D, and Ligeti's "Atmosphères." The experiment ...

Time for a rear-ality check. Colorectal cancer rates have been rising among adults younger than 50 since the 1990s, a troubling trend that has perplexed scientists. Because of the increase in cases, ...

For years, it has been one of the most tantalizing ideas in medicine: One day, a simple blood test will detect nascent cancers - allowing doctors to intervene when tumors may be easier to treat. A ...

A group of researchers at the University of Michigan developed a two-line strip test and micro-needle patch to detect melanoma from home.

Cancer’s genetic fingerprints may lurk in people’s blood long before they find out about the disease. It’s possible to spot tumor DNA more than three years before a person is diagnosed with cancer, ...

Though many research institutions have a common goal of finding new ways to treat or even cure cancer, the pathways to that goal are often diverse. One new study coming out of a La Jolla lab — in ...