With a new method, surgeons would remove a tumor, then implant microparticles that attack the remaining cancer cells

Monoclonal antibodies are proteins manufactured in the laboratory that can target specific disease cells, viruses, and other antigens 

The results reveal that tumors are much more complex than previously appreciated

Acoustic microfluidic platform gently and quickly separates circulating tumor cells from blood samples

Multiple immune cell types must be present in tumors for "checkpoint inhibitor" therapies to be effective

Combinations of cancer drugs can be quickly and cheaply tested on tumor cells using a novel device developed by EMBL scientists

In men with prostate cancer, some tumor cells exit the prostate gland and circulate in the blood

The authors of a new report illustrate how a magnetic nanoparticle assembly approach is used to increase throughput dramatically while reducing costs

A novel personalized vaccine made using patients’ tumor tissue and immune cells stimulates potent therapeutic immune responses, extending overall survival of patients with recurrent ovarian cancer

To date, gene expression in tumors has been typically profiled by capturing messenger RNAs; however, they represent only a fraction of the molecules detected