https://www.cancer.gov/ The latest cancer news from the U.S. government's principal agency for cancer research. en https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2026/study-suggests-testosterone-suppresses-brain-tumor-growth https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2026/study-suggests-testosterone-suppresses-brain-tumor-growth Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 In a new National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study, scientists at Cleveland Clinic discovered that hormones associated with male development may play a key role in limiting the growth of brain tumors in men. The research team found that the loss of androgen hormones, such as testosterone, in a preclinical model of glioblastoma drove tumor growth by inducing local inflammation and triggering the production of stress hormones. https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2026/ai-predicts-cancer-survival https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2026/ai-predicts-cancer-survival Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 In a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study, researchers developed a cancer assessment tool that can identify high-risk patients and the tumor cells linked to that risk. The model, called scSurvival, uses a machine learning framework designed to analyze large-scale data at single-cell resolution. https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2026/chronic-inflammation-increased-colorectal-cancer-risk https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2026/chronic-inflammation-increased-colorectal-cancer-risk Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 In a new study, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers have uncovered a molecular mechanism that could explain how chronic gut inflammation may increase the risk of colorectal cancer. By simulating chronic colitis in mice and tracking the colon’s response during inflammation and recovery, scientists demonstrated that these changes increased the activity of a specific group of proteins, AP-1 transcription factors, and promoted tumor growth. https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2026/early-pancreatic-cancer-detection https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2026/early-pancreatic-cancer-detection Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported investigators have developed a blood test to find pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, one of the deadliest forms of cancer. The new test could improve survival rates from pancreatic cancer, which tends to be diagnosed at late stages when therapy is less likely to be effective. The findings were published in Clinical Cancer Research. https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2025/mobile-dna-lung-cancer https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2025/mobile-dna-lung-cancer Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Using lung cancer biospecimens from the Sherlock-Lung study, an international team led by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers, identified key factors that drive tumor evolution and influence outcomes. Overall, the findings, published Dec. 10, 2025, in Nature, describe a previously unknown origin of some aggressive lung cancers. https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2025/ai-childhood-cancer-research-funding https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2025/ai-childhood-cancer-research-funding Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced a doubling of funding for its Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The funding surge is designed to accelerate the development of improved diagnostics, treatments, and prevention strategies. https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2025/anthony-letai-nci-director https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2025/anthony-letai-nci-director Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Anthony Letai, MD, Ph.D., was sworn in today as director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2025/study-links-particulate-pollution-increased-lung-cancers-nonsmokers https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2025/study-links-particulate-pollution-increased-lung-cancers-nonsmokers Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their colleagues at the University of California, San Diego, have found that fine-particulate air pollution, which includes pollution from vehicles and industry, was strongly associated with increased genomic changes in lung cancer tumors among people who have never smoked. This discovery This could potentially lead to more prevention strategies for never-smokers. https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2025/biomarker-score-predicting-ultra-processed-diets https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2025/biomarker-score-predicting-ultra-processed-diets Tue, 20 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 For the first time, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) identified patterns of metabolites in blood and urine that can be used as an objective measure of an individual’s consumption of energy from ultra-processed foods. https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2025/new-tissue-biomarker-for-aggressive-breast-cancer https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2025/new-tissue-biomarker-for-aggressive-breast-cancer Wed, 14 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 A series of tissue changes may be associated with an increased risk of developing aggressive breast cancer among women with benign breast disease, and poorer rates of survival among women with invasive breast cancer.