Cancer Currents: An NCI Cancer Research Blog
A blog featuring news and research updates from the National Cancer Institute.
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Patients who miss radiation therapy sessions during cancer treatment have an increased risk of their disease returning, even if they eventually complete their course of radiation treatment, according to a new study.
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Researchers have used a new zebrafish model of cancer to characterize the early genetic changes associated with the initiation of tumors.
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Researchers have identified a genetic rearrangement that may drive the development of a rare benign brain tumor in children through three distinct biological mechanisms simultaneously.
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NCI and the Department of Energy have entered into a collaboration to develop a plan to use large-scale computing to influence cancer science and, ultimately, clinical treatment.
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A new study confirms that infection with HPV 16 precedes the development of head and neck cancer.
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The FDA has approved eribulin mesylate for patients with liposarcoma whose cancers are advanced or cannot be removed by surgery and are no longer responding to anthracycline-based chemotherapy.
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President Obama’s FY 2017 Budget Request includes $680 million to support Vice President Biden’s cancer research initiative.
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A missing hormone in obese mice may help explain a longstanding association between obesity and an increased risk of colorectal cancer in humans.
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Many female cancer survivors have problems with mobility and other physical functioning as a result of persistent peripheral neuropathy caused by chemotherapy treatment, according to a new study.
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In honor of World Cancer Day, the director of NCI’s Center for Global Health discusses key opportunities in global cancer research.