Health
Cancer: The March on Malignancy
New research into how and why tumors form, grow and spread is producing better screening tests and more effective remedies with fewer side effects
Special Report
Cancer: The March on Malignancy
New research into how and why tumors form, grow and spread is producing better screening tests and more effective remedies with fewer side effects
Health
Cancer Death Rate Depends on Geography
Despite a huge amount of funding and research, regional and individual differences in cancer trends make it a hard disease to wipe out
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Therapy: This Time It's Personal
Tailoring cancer treatment to individual and evolving tumours is the way of the future, but scientists are still hashing out the details
Clinical Trials: More Trials, Fewer Tribulations
Clinical studies that group patients according to their molecular profile can make for better and faster drug approval decisions
Nanotechnology: Deliver on a Promise
Effective treatment of cancer requires getting the drugs precisely to the target. Enter the nanoparticle
Comparative Biology: Naked Ambition
A subterranean species that seems to be cancer-proof is providing promising clues on how we might prevent the disease in humans
Air Pollution's Impact on Cancer Is "Grossly Underestimated"
Carcinogens are all around us, so scientists are broadening their ideas of environmental risk
Developing World: Global Warning
Much of the world is ill-equipped to cope with its rising cancer burden and are pushing prevention and screening
Bioinformatics: Big Data Versus the Big C
The torrents of data flowing out of cancer research and treatment are yielding fresh insight into the disease
Perspective: Learning to Share
Genomics can provide powerful tools against cancer — but only once clinical information can be made broadly available
Biology: Three Known Unknowns
Even as cancer therapies improve, basic questions about drug resistance, tumour spread and the role of normal tissue remain unanswered
