Biology Category
Explore the molecular and cellular science of cancer — the oncogenes and tumor suppressors that drive transformation, the metabolism and microenvironment that sustain tumors, and the mechanisms behind metastasis and therapy resistance.
Welcome to the Cancer Biology category of this site. Here you will find clear, detailed articles covering key topics related to Cancer Biology.
A detailed guide to amino acid and lipid metabolism in tumors. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to angiogenic switch and vessel formation in tumors. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to apoptosis signaling and cancer survival. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to brca genes and homologous recombination repair. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to cancer associated fibroblasts in tumor progression. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to cancer cell invasion and the extracellular matrix. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to cancer cell senescence and therapy response. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to cancer immunoediting and its three phases. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to cancer stem cells and tumor heterogeneity. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to chromosomal translocations that create fusion oncogenes. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to chromothripsis and complex genome rearrangements. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to circulating tumor cells and dissemination. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to dna methylation patterns in cancer genomes. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressors. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to epithelial mesenchymal transition in metastasis. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to evading growth suppressors in malignant cells. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to gain of function mutations in cancer. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to gene amplification and oncogene overexpression. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to genomic instability and mutation rates in cancer. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to hallmarks of cancer in molecular terms. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to histone modifications and chromatin remodeling in cancer. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to hypoxia signaling and the hif pathway. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to immune evasion mechanisms of cancer cells. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to inflammation and cancer promoting cytokines. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to intratumoral heterogeneity and clonal evolution. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to loss of heterozygosity in tumor suppressor genes. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to metastatic cascade from invasion to colonization. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to micrornas as oncogenes and tumor suppressors. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to microsatellite instability and dna mismatch repair. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to mitochondrial metabolism in cancer cells. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to mutational signatures and cancer etiology. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to myeloid derived suppressor cells in tumors. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to necroptosis and ferroptosis in tumor biology. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to noncoding rnas in cancer regulation. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to oncogenes and the drivers of cell transformation. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to organ tropism of metastatic cancer cells. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to p53 the guardian of the genome. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to pd l1 expression and immune checkpoint signaling. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to premetastatic niche concept. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to proto oncogenes and their normal cellular roles. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to rb pathway control of the cell cycle. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to replicative senescence as a cancer barrier. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to resisting cell death pathways in cancer. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to sustaining proliferative signaling in tumors. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to telomere maintenance in immortal cancer cells. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to tumor associated macrophages and polarization. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to tumor dormancy and minimal residual disease. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to tumor microenvironment and its cellular players. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to tumor suppressor genes as cellular brakes. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to warburg effect and aerobic glycolysis. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
