A molecule produced by cancer cells can shield the brain from Alzheimer’s disease in mice. For decades, researchers have noted that cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are rarely found in the same person, fuelling speculation that one condition might offer some degree of protection from the other.

A new national cancer report is raising alarms about a deadly shift affecting younger Americans, even as overall cancer death rates continue to fall. Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer-related death for Americans under 50,

Thousands of people in England will be able to check whether they have genes linked to cancer.

Researchers found an antibody that seems to play a role in people with better lung cancer prognoses, but turning it into a treatment could be difficult.

Death rates from colorectal cancer, however, have continued to rise in younger adults, becoming the leading cause of cancer death among people under 50 in 2023. The disease was the fifth-leading cause of death from cancer in the early 1990s.

Colorectal cancer has since jumped up from being the fifth-leading cancer death in the early 1990s.

A pop up cancer screening centre is being run at a quay for people in the fishing industry.

Patients will be able to find out whether they have genes linked to cancer using a world-leading tool developed by the NHS.

Universal gene‑edited CAR‑T therapies turn donor T cells into off‑the‑shelf cancer treatments, cutting delays and costs while delivering rapid remissions for hard‑to‑treat patients.